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Police suspect suicide pact in girls’ death

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ALAPPUZHA: Preliminary investigation into the shocking death of three girl students, whose bodies were found in their classroom at a school in Ambalapuzha near here late Monday night, points to a suicide pact, the police have said.

The Ambalapuzha police doubt emotional failures, abundant hints of which are found in eight letters written by the exceptionally close-knit trio (recovered from the classroom) and several others found in their houses. However, enquiries are still on to find whether there were any other provocations behind the suspected pact. Two boys in the class were summoned for questioning and later let off. The post-mortem report is awaited. The three were studying in the same class.

The bodies of the Plus Two students were handed over to relatives after post-mortem at the General Hospital on Tuesday. The funerals of two were conducted on Tuesday itself. The third one will be cremated on Wednesday.

According to district Superintendent of Police C.H. Nagaraju, all preliminary hints “point towards suicide, with no clues at all of any outside force”. The post-mortem report and the ongoing investigation could help in confirming these. Mr. Nagaraju said information from the letters hinted towards ‘unrequited love,’ ‘consequent failure in studies,’ ‘resultant chiding from parents and teachers’ and at the same time, a ‘complete lack of emotional support and response from the outside world to their feelings and sorrows.’

The letters recovered from their houses, he said, repeatedly spoke of the chiding they had to face from ‘parents and teachers over various issues.’

“All three were frustrated over unrequited love from their classmates. They were scolded by parents for this as well. However, apart from the chiding, there was no visible attempt at all to help the teenagers overcome these issues, neither from the family nor from the school authorities, both of whom knew about the issues,” he said.

The police said the three had written the eight letters found in the classroom on Monday. Though the trio, which rarely interacted with other students, is believed to have left school after classes, the girls were seen by a woman entering their classroom around 5.30 p.m. by opening a window. They told her that they were searching for the key of their bicycle.

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