Tragedy Strikes: Teenager's Untimely Death in Tribal School

A 17-year-old girl attending a tribal residential school in Jawhar taluka allegedly committed suicide by setting herself on fire on Tuesday. The cause of this tragic incident remains unknown, and an investigation is currently underway by the authorities.

A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by setting herself on fire in the predominantly tribal Jawhar taluka of the district, police said.

The deceased was a Std 11th student.

In the afternoon, she went to the third-floor terrace of the ashram school' (residential school for tribal children) at Dehre where she studied and set herself ablaze after pouring petrol, a police official said.

The reason for her extreme act was still not known.

Probe is on.