Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

"Please allow me to leave now," Ritika said to her teacher.

Ritika requested her teacher to allow her to leave then.

The correct option is: Ritika requested her teacher to allow her to leave now.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

• Ritika requested my teacher to allow her to leave now. - This sentence changes the subject of the reporting clause from "Ritika" to "my teacher."
• Ritika requested her teacher to allow her to leave then. - This sentence changes the adverb "now" to "then."
• Ritika requested her teacher to allow me to leave now. - This sentence changes the object of the infinitive verb from "her" to "me."