Archive · 5 Jan 2026
12-Year-Old Girl Found Hanging in Latur Hostel
A 12-year-old girl was found hanging in her hostel room in Latur, Maharashtra.
She was a student at Navodaya Vidyalaya, a special school for talented rural children.
The police think she might have killed herself.
Her family says she was beaten by a hostel worker the night before.
They also say the school told her father she was sick, but when he got there, he found out she had died.
Some of her friends told her family about the beating.
The police are investigating what happened.
A 12-year-old girl was found hanging in her hostel room at Latur's Navodaya Vidyalaya on Sunday morning.
The girl's family alleges she was beaten by a hostel staffer the night before her death.
The girl's father was called to the school under the pretense that she was unwell, only to be informed of her death upon arrival.
The assault incident was reported to the parents by some of the deceased's peers.
Navodaya Vidyalayas are free, co-educational residential schools for talented rural children, with 660 such schools across India.
- Who
- A 12-year-old Class VI student from Taka village in Ausa tehsil
- What
- Found hanging in her hostel room, alleged suicide
- When
- Sunday morning at 7:30 AM
- Where
- Latur's Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maharashtra
- Why
- Alleged beating by a hostel staffer the previous night
- Victim's Age
- 12 years old
- Location
- Latur's Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maharashtra
- Time of Discovery
- 7:30 AM on Sunday
- Alleged Cause of Death
- Suicide by hanging with a towel
- Alleged Incident Before Death
- Beaten by a hostel staffer
- School Type
- Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV)
- Total Navodaya Vidyalayas in India
- 660
