Aman Zutshi
A woman allegedly ended her life in Udhampur after her father apparently refused to fulfill her demand of a laptop on Sunday.
The 22-year-old is identified as Heena resident of Ramnagar of Udhampur.
According to the report, the woman ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling at her house, when her father cannot complete her demand of a laptop.
The woman received grave injuries after strangulated herself and was taken to CHC Ramnagar from where she was referred to GMC, Jammu where she breathed her last.
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Jammu and Kashmir Police records revealed a rise in suicide attempts in 2021, with 586 cases reported in the Valley in 2021, compared to 472 cases in 2020. The trend was highlighted also by data from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), which recorded 365 suicide attempts and 127 deaths between February 2021 and August 2022.
A report by the National Human Rights Commission of India on May 21, 2004, says that 20,000 people have attempted to die by suicide in the 14 years of socio-political unrest in Kashmir, from 1990 to 2004. Of these, 3,000 attempts resulted in death, mostly among those aged 16 to 25. Terrorism, closely followed by suicide, reportedly causes the highest number of deaths in Kashmir.
As per the NCRB report, Jammu and Kashmir accounted for nearly 30 per cent of the total number of suicide cases in India in 2022, thus maintaining a consistent pattern observed over the years. After the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, the UT witnessed a spike, with over 450 cases of suicide—the highest in a decade. The number escalated further in 2021, with 586 cases, says the NCRB report.
