Ramban/Jammu, Apr 3: A 15-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a village in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
The girl was found hanging from a tree near her Haroog village in Gool area, they said, adding that her family had alleged murder.
National Conference MLA from Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen also raised the issue in the legislative assembly and demanded a thorough probe, claiming that this was the second such incident in the area in the past one month.
Additional Superintendent of Police, Ramban, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman said a post-mortem of the deceased was conducted at Ramban district hospital by a panel of doctors.
An investigation has been initiated to probe the incident, he said.–(PTI)
