19-yr-old commits suicide with girlfriend in Kishanganj

PATNA: One Rahul Kumar (19) and his 16-year-old girlfriend allegedly consumed pesticide and committed suicide after marriage at village Jalalpur under the Pothia police station in Kishanganj district on Thursday. Kishanganj SP Rajeev Ranjan said they were in love for the past several years. Rahul was from Jalalpur while the girl belonged to a nearby village under Phala panchayat.
“Rahul, an Intermediate student, left home on Wednesday evening after telling his mother that he was going to visit a nearby fair.The girl, a Class IX student, had left home the same day for her tutorial classes,” the SP said and added their bodies were recovered from a field on the outskirts of the village. An empty plastic bottle of pesticide was lying beside them.
Pothia police station SHO Subhash Kumar Mandal said the girl’s forehead was smeared with vermilion (sindoor) and both were lying together.
“They were spotted at Virpur market place on Wednesday evening. It seems they got married before committing suicide,” he said and added that their family members feigned ignorance about any affair. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.
“It is not clear why they committed suicide. Both belonged to the same caste,” the SP said.