VARANASI, May 8 -- A 17-year-old girl living in a government girls' reform home in Varanasi's Ramnagar allegedly died by suicide on Wednesday after hanging herself in the bathroom with a scarf, police said on Thursday. The incident came to light about 30 minutes later when another resident entered the bathroom and found her body hanging inside. Police said the staff immediately rushed the girl to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. Police later reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem examination. District probation officer Pankaj Kumar Mishra stated that higher authorities were immediately informed about the incident. District magistrate Satyendra Kumar has ordered an inquiry to determine the circumstances that led the girl to take the extreme step. The girl was a resident of Jaunpur. Her mother had died during her childhood. More than a year ago, she lodged an FIR against her father, accusing him of rape. Following the complaint, a case was registered and her father was arrested. He is currently lodged in jail in connection with the case. As the girl refused to live with her stepmother, the police contacted the Child Welfare Society, where she stayed until September 2025. She was later shifted to the government girls' reform home in Ramnagar. Rajkishore Pandey, the station in-charge of Ramnagar Police Station, said the matter is under investigation....