Briefly: 15-year-old girl dies by suicide

A 15-year-old girl allegedly took her own life at her home in the Alipur area of outer north Delhi. A suicide note was recovered from the scene, an official said on Monday. The girl was found hanging in her residence in the Bakhtawarpur area and was rushed to the Government Hospital in Burari by her father, where she was declared dead. In her suicide note, she apologised to her parents and brothers for the extreme step, a police source said, adding that she allegedly took the step after she was scolded by her parents.

Drunk man rams car into divider

A speeding car rammed into a road divider and smashed through barricades, narrowly missing three traffic policemen on Monday, officials said. The driver who was allegedly in an inebriated state has been arrested. According to the police, the car, which was coming from the wrong side of the road, ignored repeated stop signals from the traffic personnel who were conducting checks for drunk driving. Instead, it rammed into a divider, smashed through the barricades and continued to speed away.

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