Dakshina Kannada, June 24 -- A 17-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide in Surathkal in Dakshina Kannada district, following which police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, rape, and abetment to suicide against a man identified as Aneesh Poojary.

According to Sudheer Reddy, Police Commissioner, Mangalore, the girl was found hanging at her residence at around 4 pm on June 23. Officials said she had left behind a suicide note addressed to her parents.

The girl's parents approached the police at around 11 pm on the same day and lodged a complaint, alleging that their daughter was pregnant and had died by suicide.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at around 1 am, police said t...