A 9-year-old girl committed suicide and ended her life. She was known as reels queen and insta queen. The girl killed herself by hanging inside their house. Pratiksha was studying in the fourth standard and she had been creating reels for the past 6 months. She has created nearly 70 reels and has a good number of fan followers.
On Tuesday, Pratiksha was asked to study by her father as she was playing at her grandmother’s house. Her parents chided her and told her to study. They gave the keys of the house to the kid and left home to run some errands. The parents who went outside, returned home after an hour. The house was locked and they rang the calling bell. There was no response from the kid. Krishnamoorthy and Karpagam the parents of Pratiksha were worried.
Krishnamoorthy broke open the door and was shocked to see Pratiksha was hanging with a cotton towel around her neck. She was immediately taken to the hospital and died. Police filed a case and the investigation is underway.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau data gathered in 2020, nearly 31 children died by suicide every day.