Facebook post pushes girl to commit suicide

SALEM: A 21-year-old girl near Salem ended her life on Monday, after she saw her semi-nude picture posted on a Facebook page. In a poignant tragedy that exposes the dangers of social networking sites, Vinupriya, hanged herself to death in her bedroom, when her parents had gone out. Her father, Annadurai, a powerloom owner, has refused to receive her body after post- mortem unless the culprit who posted the Facebook picture is nabbed.

“I will not receive the body of my daughter unless the culprit who was responsible for my daughter’s death is arrested,” he sobbed. Curiously, the Facebook page showing her semi-nude picture disappeared just hours after she committed suicide. The grieving father said that her daughter had completed B.Sc last year and was not employed.  Last week, she was shocked to find her picture, in a semi-nude state, posted on the Facebook.

She immediately informed her parents who lodged a complaint with the cyber crime police on June 23. The police told Vinupriya’s father that they were closing in on the culprit and that he would be nabbed within 15 days. Meanwhile, on Sunday, there was another obscene picture of Vinupriya posted on the Facebook and the link was sent her mobile phone. “Vinupriya was very disturbed by her picture. And when we had gone out on Monday morning, she hanged herself to death,” Annadurai told the DC.

Shockingly, Vinupriya’s father also revealed that he had bought a new cell phone worth Rs.2,000 for the cyber crime cops for speeding up the probe. “ They got the cell phone from me and did not take proper action. And my daughter is no more,” he wailed. The suicide note left by Vinupriya has been seized by the police, who have launched a hunt for the culprit, who posted the semi-nude picture on the Facebook page.