Manipur girl accuses army personnel of molestation, commits suicide

The Manipur government has set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe the facts and circumstances that led a 15-year-old girl to commit suicide after allegedly being frisked by army personnel.

The girl, from Jiribam, had complained to her mother that personnel of the 12th Grenadier Rifles had molested her during frisking. She later committed suicide by consuming poison.

A defence ministry statement on Tuesday said denied army personnel were responsible for the girl's death.