Jeet Biswas took his life by hanging while connected to his girlfriend, Puja Mondal, via a WhatsApp video call. Mondal subsequently hanged herself in her home, where family members later breached her locked door to find her body alongside the active call still streaming on her mobile device. Officers from Ashoknagar Police Station recovered the teenagers from their homes and transported them to Barasat Medical College and Hospital for autopsies on Friday.
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Police have officially registered separate unnatural death cases to investigate the circu…: Police have officially registered separate unnatural death cases to investigate the circumstances surrounding both student fatalities.
Neighbours indicated potential familial resistance to the relationship, though Puja Monda…: Neighbours indicated potential familial resistance to the relationship, though Puja Mondal's family claimed they were completely unaware of it.
Jeet Biswas's family chose not to provide any public comment regarding the incident to au…: Jeet Biswas's family chose not to provide any public comment regarding the incident to authorities or media.
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KOLKATA: An 18-year-old boy allegedly died by suicide while speaking to his girlfriend on a video call, following which the girl, too, allegedly took her own life.
The two youngsters, Jeet Biswas and Puja Mondal, both around 18 and students of class 12 at Sendanga Chaturdaspalli High School, lived in the same neighbourhood in Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas, and attended the same tuition classes. While neighbours said opposition to their relationship from family members could have led to the two taking the extreme step, the girl’s family claimed they learnt about her relationship with the boy only after the deaths.
Were in class 12 at same school
Police said Jeet was on a video call to Puja when he hanged himself from the ceiling. On watching him end his life, Puja, too, hanged herself from the ceiling, police said. It was when Puja’s family members did not receive any response from inside despite repeatedly calling her that they broke open the door to find her hanging. “The WhatsApp video call was still active on her mobile and on the screen,…
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