India, July 10 -- A 17-year-old girl was found dead in the kitchen of her home in Chhattisgarh's Baikunthpur, police said, and added that her family alleged she died by suicide after the owners of a supermarket confiscated her scooter and allegedly demanded Rs.50,000 for stealing cosmetics.

Police said the girl and her sister were at the supermarket to purchase household items when they were accused of shoplifting. They added the sisters had not left the store, but the owners, Deepak Vaid, Vinod Vaid, and Jagat Vaid, allegedly forced them to sign a statement admitting to theft and confiscated the scooter.

The owners allegedly told the sisters that the scooter would not be returned unless they paid the money, police said. The two did not...