Noida: A 13-year-old girl died after she allegedly jumped off the 21st floor of a highrise in Greater Noida West early on Friday. Police said in the preliminary investigation that her mother had scolded her. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.She lived with her parents in a flat on the fourth floor of a residential society in Sector 16C. Her father works in the IT industry. She was the couple’s only child, police said.Police were informed on Friday that the teenager had been brought in with severe injuries and was declared dead. A team from Bisrakh police station subsequently reached the spot and initiated an investigation. An officer associated with the investigation said the incident took place around 3.30am, when the girl’s parents were asleep.“Preliminary investigation suggests that the girl left her flat at night and went to the 21st floor of the building. She allegedly jumped from the common balcony there,” the officer said.When her parents woke up and could not find her in the flat, they began looking for her. They later found her lying on the ground floor with severe injuries, the officer added.A senior police officer of Bisrakh police station said investigators had learnt that the girl was scolded by her mother before they went to sleep. However, the nature of the disagreement and whether it was connected to the incident are yet to be ascertained. “The exact reason behind the scolding is yet to be established. We are investigating all aspects of the case,” the officer said.Police said no suicide note was recovered from the spot. The body was sent for a post-mortem examination, and investigators were gathering information to establish the sequence of events leading to the girl’s death. Further investigation is under way, police said.
