Naxalbari, 07th January: A twelfth-grade student was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Hatighisa’s Sebdella Jote in Naxalbari. The deceased has been identified as Monika Roy.
According to local sources, Monika’s family had found her body hanging from a ceiling fan when they opened the door to her room. The Naxalbari police arrived at the scene and sent the body to North Bengal Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem.
Monika was a student at a private English-medium school in Shiv Mandir. The incident shocked the locality as the girl was to appear for her higher secondary exams.
Police have launched an investigation into the matter to ascertain the actual cause of the death.