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The body was sent for post-mortem examination and an investigation was underway(Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A college student allegedly died by suicide in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district after a video of her stealing chocolates at a shopping mall went viral on social media, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The body of the third-year undergraduate student was found hanging in her house in Subhas Pally in Jaigaon police station area on Sunday, they said.<\/p>\n
The body was sent for post-mortem examination and an investigation was underway, officer-in-charge of Jaigaon Prabir Dutta said.<\/p>\n
The woman went to a shopping mall in the area on September 29 along with her sister, and she was caught while getting out of it after allegedly stealing chocolates, her father said.<\/p>\n
She paid the price of the chocolates and apologised to the store authorities, he said.<\/p>\n
However, people at the store made a video of the whole incident and posted it on social media which went viral, he added.<\/p>\n
Out of humiliation, she took the extreme step, the father said.<\/p>\n
Locals staged protest outside the shopping mall after the body was found, demanding strong action against those who made the video and posted it online.<\/p>\n
The shopping mall authorities could not be reached immediately for comment.<\/p>\n
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