West Bengal: Girl commits suicide after ex-boyfriend posts intimate pictures on Facebook

A girl was found dead in Mainaguri in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after her ex-boyfriend posted intimate pictures of them on Facebook on Tuesday.

The girl, who was a class 11 student, was in a relationship with the boy. However, on opposition from the family, the girl got engaged with another person in the same village. 

According to the girl's family members, the boy was blackmailing her to get married to him by threatening to upload pictures of their intimate moments on social media. Fearing that everyone would come to know about their relationship, the girl committed suicide. "The ex-boyfriend was blackmailing her after she agreed to get engaged to the boy the family had chosen. She must have committed suicide fearing that her engagement would break and it would bring a bad name to the family,” the girl's father said.

On Tuesday, the girl’s dead body was found under a culvert near her house in Mainaguri. The family members are yet to file a formal complaint with the police. But the police have registered a suo-moto case and have sent the dead body for post-mortem examination.

Local sources said that the girl’s ex-boyfriend, who had uploaded the intimate pictures on the social networking site, has fled from the village to evade arrest.