Gurgaon girl commits suicide after being scolded by mother for chatting on FB ;

In the web of a teenager's lifestyle and thoughts today, social media is an important element. And it can lead to a sense of attachment, almost an addiction, which when snapped can evoke extreme reactions.
In certain cases that reaction can be as destructive as killing one self. On Saturday night, a 16-year-old girl did exactly that after she was reportedly rebuked by her mother for chatting over the Facebook. The girl, who was to appear for the Board exams, allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near the Basai crossing. Her parents told the police that she went missing after she was scolded for chatting over the social media.
The girl studied in Class 10 of the Dev Samaj Public School. Daughter of a businessman, she lived in the Madanpuri area with her parents. She was scheduled to take the exam on Monday. After she was rebuked, she reportedly got furious and left the home driving a car. "Her mother had told her to focus on studies, which led to a verbal spat. The girl then left the house driving the car," a police officer investigating the case told MAIL TODAY.
The family had initially thought that the girl had gone to her friend's house. However, when she did not return, the family members began to call up her friends to track her. However, their night-long search did not lead to her whereabouts.

On sunday afternoon a mangled dead body was found on the railway track. Some locals, who were passing by the track, informed the police. "We immediately rushed to the spot. The victim was identified from an identity card and from the registration number of the vehicle which was parked near the railway track," a GRP official told MAIL TODAY. No suicide note was found on the dead body, police sources added. However, the girl's parents informed the police that she was rebuked for chatting over the Facebook after which she had left the house. The alleged suicide of the girl, who is related to a local Congress leader, has sent shockwaves in the locality.
Police sources told MAIL TODAY that the girl was seemingly addicted to social media, and was often seen using Facebook and WhatsApp even in her school. She used to often chat over Facebook late in the night, sources added.
Incidentally, last year, Gurgaon Police had alerted school authorities here about teenagers getting addicted to social media and had also warned them that it may not be easy to handle such cases of addiction.
Reacting to the alleged suicide, Amity School principal Renu Singh said, "We can't stop students from using social networking sites. There is peer pressure, and parents should understand that all these things are important to youngsters. But we can make children understand what is important at what time. We should also use professional counselling for them. We have to make them understand by taking to them."
Nishtha Gautam, who teaches English literature at a Delhi University college, said, "Parents should have spoken to her in a mature manner. The girl must have felt strange after her mother reacted so strongly. It is an extreme reaction and the issue is not worth dying for."
Sameer Malhotra, director of mental health and behavioural sciences at the Max Healthcare said, "We should create ample opportunities for youngsters so that they don't feel neglected. Every individual should be given a chance to showcase her or his ability."

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