A 17-year-old girl allegedly died by <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/amp/news/india-news/article/mentally-unwell-woman-hangs-herself-from-police-communication-tower-in-jashpur-23632275" rel="nofollow">suicide</a> in Ranchi a month after accusing her boyfriend of sexual assault, police said on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old boyfriend was detained on April 18 and is at present in a remand home, they said.
"The girl was found hanging in the bathroom of her house on Monday afternoon. Preliminary investigation suggests that the girl was in a relationship with the accused. On April 17, the accused took her to his home and sexually assaulted her,"
Kulddep Kumar, the officer in-charge of Sadar police station, told PTI.
"She was deeply shocked by the incident, which triggered her to take such extreme steps," he said.
A suicide note was recovered from the crime scene, he added.
Kumar said the body was handed to the family after the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/up-dowry-case-woman-dies-by-suicide-amid-alleged-dowry-harassment-by-in-laws-23631111" rel="nofollow">post-mortem examination</a>.
The accused was a student of class 9, while the girl was in intermediate, he said.
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