India, May 15 -- The Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old man for abetting suicide of a 16-year-old girl during an incident on May 7 in a locality that falls under Ankur Vihar police station area.

Officers said an altercation over the phone between the two led the girl to take the drastic step.

Police said the family of the deceased and that of the suspect were neighbours and on May 7, the girl hanged herself to a ceiling fan in her house around 11am.

Based on a complaint by girl's mother, a first information report was registered at Ankur Vihar police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 108 (abetting suicide) on Wednesday.

"The man used to call my daughter often, and she told me about this. I had asked t...