PRAYAGRAJ, May 16 -- A 19-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself after her marriage was cancelled in Pratapgarh district on Thursday.

As per reports, the marriage of the girl from a village under Udaipur police station area in Pratapgarh district was fixed with a boy from a neighbouring village one-and-a-half months ago.

After the marriage was fixed, the girl's family had been busy with wedding preparations. However, two days ago, the prospective groom and his mother visited the girl's house and refused to go ahead with the marriage, which upset her.

On Wednesday evening, while her family members were outside from home, the girl went inside her room and hanged herself with her dupatta. After some time, when the mother enter...