Bhubaneswar: The mystery deepened around the death of a Class VIII student in the city with the post-mortem report mentioning the presence of a poisonous substance in her stomach.
Police said they will be able to identify the substance after receiving the viscera report. Accordingly, they will investigate whether the girl was murdered or s
he committed suicide.
The girl had reportedly died after falling from the terrace of a four-storey apartment building at BJB Nagar here on February 16.
While initial reports termed it as an accident, a post on her Instagram handle indicated that she could have committed suicide by jumping off the terrace.
A few hours before her death, she wrote, ‘Bye Bye People’. To a friend, who asked her about her plans, she replied, ‘Hell. May Be, Heaven.”
According to police sources, the 14-year-old was last seen on the terrace between 4.30 pm and 5 pm. A security man engaged at the apartment later saw her lying on the ground in a critical condition.
Her family members were reportedly unaware about her posts on Instagram and refused to comment further on the incident.
The girl, who studied in a private school in the city, was a meritorious student and knew Korean language. But her social media posts told a different story of immense mental stress, media reports said.