Hyderabad, Jan. 30 -- A 17-year-old girl died by suicide allegedly due to fear and humiliation after her father caught her whileshe was with her friend and assaulted him with a knife at her residence in Telangana's Hanmakonda district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place at Srinagar Colony of Gopalpur village on the outskirts of Hanmakonda town on Tuesday evening. "We have booked a case of attempt to murder against the father," inspector of Kakatiya University police station Ravi Kumar said.

He said that the girl, a second-year Intermediate (Class 12) student at a corporate college in Warangal, was reportedly in a relationship with the boy, who is also a minor and was her senior at the same college, for last one year. The ...