Meerut: Two teenage girls, aged 17 and 15, were found hanging from the same tree on the outskirts of Haraiya village under Nigohi police station of UP’s Shahjahanpur district on Monday morning.
Police said preliminary probe suggests they died by suicide.
Villagers discovered the bodies around 8 am and informed police, who brought the bodies down and sent them for post-mortem. Police confirmed the families of the deceased have not levelled allegations against anyone so far.
Officers said the cause of death will be established only after post-mortem reports arrive. Officers noted that the exact cause of death will be formally established once the post-mortem report is received. Police are currently attempting to trace the girls’ mobile phones and are gathering details regarding their mutual contacts and recent activities to determine the sequence of events leading up to their deaths.
The two girls were close friends residing just 200 m apart in the village.
SP (City) Devendra Singh said, “Investigation has brought out the fact that the two were close friends, and preliminary probe indicates they died by suicide.”