2 Booked for Abetment of Suicide After Two Dalit Girls Found Hanging from Tree in UP's Farrukhabad

Farrukhabad: Days after two young girls were found hanging from a tree in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, two men have been booked for abetment of suicide.

The men are in custody and will be arrested after being questioned.

2 Men Booked for Abetment of Suicide

Two men have been booked here on the charge of abetment of suicide after two Dalit girls, aged 15 and 18, hanged themselves, police said on Friday.

Their bodies were found hanging in an orchard on Tuesday, they said.

The men were booked under section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on Thursday following a complaint from the girl's family members, Superintendent of Police (SP) Alok Priyadarshi said.

"The accused are in police custody and will be put under arrest after questioning," he said.

Two Minor Dalit Girls Found Hanging from Tree in UP's Farrukhabad

Police said the girls left their homes around 10 pm on August 26 to visit a nearby temple on the occasion of Janmashtami but did not return.

After their bodies were found, a panel of doctors was formed to conduct the postmorterm.

"Police investigation findings correlate with the postmortem report that the girls committed suicide. No injury marks have been found on the bodies," Priyadarshi had said on Wednesday. 

A cell phone was recovered near the tree where the girls were found, along with a SIM card found in the clothing of one of the girls.

(Inputs from PTI)