The Tribune, May 4, 1999
Death of two schoolgirls
Police version has few takers
Tribune News Service HISAR, May 3 — Mystery shrouds the death of two teenaged schoolgirls whose charred bodies were found in Bawani Khera village in Bhiwani district yesterday. The two studying in plus two were reported missing on April 28. However, the police did not register a case although parents of both girls filed a complaint on the same day. The police claims that the two committed suicide. According to the incharge officer at the Civil Lines police station, Mr Rajesh Duggal, from preliminary investigations it appeared that the girls had committed suicide as a salesman of a petrol station at the village had told the police the two had litres of petrol from him. But there remain few takers of the police version. According to the police, the girls committed suicide about 50 km from their home. And what made them commit suicide is still not clear. While the parents of the girls are too shocked to say anything, some relatives have refused to accept the police version. The bodies have been sent to the Medical College, Rohtak, for post-mortem. While one of the girls was studying in Vishwas Public School, the other was a students of St Stephans School here. The two went to a common tutor for tuition. The police attributes the "suicide" to a "particular relationship" between the two. It claims to have based its version on a "suicide note" drafted on a "half-burnt diary" found along with the bodies. The girls went missing on April 28. Their bodies were found on May 2. Where were they during these four days. Why did the two chose such a painful method to kill themselves if they indeed committed suicide. And why did they burn the two-wheeler they were travelling on. These questions need to be answered.
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