Body of student to be flown home

Manama : The body of Ansu Jacob, the 15-year-old school girl who committed suicide on Saturday, will be kept at Sacred Heart Church here today at 8.30am to pay last respects, the family sources told DT News.

After the ceremony, the body will be flown to her hometown in Kottayam district of the Indian state of Kerala. The family members will accompany the body which will be taken on Air India Express to Kerala in the afternoon. Ansu, the daughter of Jacob Machukad Kuruvilla and Kochumol, was set to appear for her board exams in March. The reason for the suicide is yet to be known.