Minor girl goes to village fair with fiance, dies mysteriously

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HASSAN: A 16-year-old girl died under mysterious circumstances at Konanur village in Arkalgud taluk on Wednesday after she went with her fiance to a village fair.

Two months ago, the girl was engaged to Dinesh from Kudlur village. On November 29, he took the girl to Subramanya Shashti Utsav in Ramanathapura. Around 4 pm, he informed the girl’s parents that she had consumed poison and that he had taken her to a private hospital in the city. Later, the parents got to know that she had died at the hospital without responding to treatment.

The minor girl died after she had gone out with her fiance in Hassan.

The girl’s parents filed a complaint over the suspicious death of their daughter. The Child Welfare Committee and District Child Protection Unit officials also registered a complaint after they received an call on the child helpline from an unidentified caller.

The girl’s body was found with injuries and a cut wound on the neck. A case has been registered at Konanur police station.

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