Korba, Feb 18 In separate incidents, three students, two of whom were girls, allegedly committed suicide in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said.
Each teenage victim was studying in classes 9, 10, and 12, they said, adding that the reasons behind their extreme step are still being investigated.
In the first case, Anjali Kewat (17), a Class 10 student at a private school in the Indiranagar area under the Kotwali police station, hanged herself at her home, a police official said.
After being informed by her family, a police team registered a case and launched an investigation, he said.
In another incident, Geeta Mahant (15), a Class 9 student from Dhamnaguri village under the Urga police station, hanged herself from a tree, the official added.
In the third case, Ujjwal Dansena, also known as Dhruv (17), who was studying in Class 12 and resided in ITI Basti under the Civil Lines police station, hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his home, according to him.
Police recovered a note purportedly written by him, in which the victim requested that his body be handed over to a medical college after his death, he added.
Investigations in all three cases are currently underway, the official said.