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In a tragic event, a minor girl in Vijayawada died by suicide, after she alleged that a local leader of TDP had sexually harassed her for over two months. The 14-year-old girl was studying class 9 and she was found dead at her residence in the Bhavanipuram area.
Cops recovered a suicide note, written by the girl, where she mentioned she is committing suicide due to sexual harassment by Vinod Jain, who resides in the same building. Vinod Jain has recently contested as a corporator on a TDP ticket in municipal elections. He had been associated with the political party from the 37th division of the Vijayawada constituency.
Vinod has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and for abutment of suicide. Talking to the media, the girl’s grandfather Manikyala Rao said that she looked disturbed and behaved indifferently since the morning of January 29 but did not say anything when he enquired. He further said when he and his daughter were going out, the girl came to them and hugged her mother to say ‘I love you’.
But as soon as they returned home, they found her dead as she jumped off from the fifth floor of the building. The cops could recover her suicide note from her bedroom in which she wrote how Vinod Jain had been allegedly sexually harassing her. Endowments Minister Vellampalli Srinivas, who represents the Vijayawada (West) constituency, termed the incident shocking and said the government will ensure justice to the victim’s family.
CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy reacted sharply to the incident and directed the police authorities to ensure justice.YSRCP legislator and actor Roja called the incident a heinous crime. She called upon women to stage protests across the state to seek stringent action against such criminals. Meanwhile, the TDP on Sunday, January 30, suspended Vinod Jain from the party.
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