This Article is From Nov 25, 2017

4 Tamil Nadu Girls Found Dead In Well, Police Suspect Suicide Pact

4 girls in Tamil Nadu allegedly committed suicide after being scolded by their teacher

Chennai: Four students of a government  school in Tamil Nadu's Vellore were found dead in a well near their village Panapakkam, 88 kilometres from Chennai, on Friday. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide pact.

According to the preliminary investigation, the four girls identified as Deepa, Sankari, Monisha and Revathi took to the extreme step allegedly after their teacher scolded them and asked them to bring their parents to the school for a briefing about their academic performance.

The four students, police say, skipped their classes on Friday.

"We are investigating. A few parents and local  people say the teacher had summoned the parents," a senior police officer P Pakalavan said. 

The bodies of three students have been fished out from the 65-ft deep well by the fire and rescue services personnel. Deep divers from the NDRF searched the fourth body. 
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