CHANDIGARH: Upset of stalking by boys, two girl students of class XI and XII respectively committed suicide by consuming poison laced fruit juice, at their coaching centre, in Rohtak city on Monday afternoon. The incident has once again put a question mark over the government’s claims of ensuring safety and security of women and girl students in the city.

According to information Madhu, a student of class XI and Nikita, a student of class XII were meritorious students hailed from middle class families residing in Anantpuram Society , near Jind bypass chowk of Rohtak. In order to improve their grades further both were getting coaching from Sakshi Coaching centre near Bypass road.

Both the girls had come to coaching centre as usual. During the break they shared the bottled juice purchased from a confectionary shop near centre. They raised cries and fell unconscious. They were rushed to PGIMS Rohtak where they were declared brought dead. Their bodies have been sent to morgue for the postmortem examinations.

Meanwhile, coaching centre owner informed police that sealed the juice shop and coaching centre. Two hand written suicide notes were recovered. Madhu’s suicide note recovered from under the bench while Nikita’s suicide note was recovered from the bag she was carrying, police said.

Though the police has kept the contents of suicide notes under wraps but confirmed that the both the girls committed suicide due to stalking by boys. "There are few descriptions like registration number of motorcycles etc which will lead us to culprits. We have some inputs from their fellow students as well. We are hopeful of reaching out to culprits at the earliest," DSP Karan Goyal who is monitoring the investigations said.

Sources informed that in their suicide note the girls had delibrately written that more girls will commit suicide if the incidents of stalking is not controlled and action is not taken against such persons indulging eve teasing.

Acting on the statements of girls family and the contents of suicide notes recovered from the girls, police have booked the unidentified stalkers in a case of abetment to commit suicide registered against them at city police station.

