Two Class 10 students committed self-immolation over fear of failure in love affair in Jagtiyal town. They were said to be in love with the same girl, their classmate, and a quarrel over her is suspected to be the reason for their deaths.
Police identified the teenagers, who were studying in Class 10 as Pranay and Ravi Teja. The incident occurred at the Mission Compound Vidyanagar Colony of the town. Police said liquor bottles were found at the site. The teens were students of St Johns School in Mission Compound.
Police said they met on Sunday to discuss their affair, which escalalated to heated arguments.
For reasons that the police is investigating, they doused themselves with petrol and set themselves on fire in an inebriated condition.
The police officer said the students were inspired by recent film ‘RX 100’ in which the hero ends his life for his lover.
K. Mahender died on the spot while Ravi Teja, who sustained critical injuries succumbed in a hospital.
Their families had suspicion that there could be some conspiracy. The police, however, found that there was nobody else on the scene.
