Indian schoolgirls commit suicide over sexual harassment - report


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Aug 2014

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two teenage girls in northern India committed suicide by drinking fruit juice laced with poison and left notes saying they were being stalked and harassed by a group of youths, the Times of India reported on Tuesday.

The two girls were rushed to hospital after losing consciousness while studying on Monday at an education centre in Rohtak, a district on the outskirts of the capital, but later died, the report said.

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