Ludhiana, Feb. 9 -- A 17-year-old boy ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his room at Kakowal road in Basti Jodhewal area reportedly after having a suicide pact during a live chat with his 16-year-old female friend on Thursday, the police said. In the chat, the girl reportedly wrote that she would jump from her roof, but she did not, according to cops who seized the boy's mobile phone and preserved their chat in which they planned to end their lives.

Acting on a complaint filed by his parents, the Basti Jodhewal police on Saturday registered an FIR against the minor girl for abetment to suicide. After the incident, the parents of the girl along with her fled after locking their house, the police said. The boy's kin ...