Tribune News Service

Faridkot, November 6

An 18-year boy and a minor girl from Faridkot, who had reportedly gone missing a few days ago, allegedly died by suicide by jumping in front of a train near Amroha town of Uttar Pradesh.

The boy, a class XII student at Sirsari village here, and the girl from an adjoining village had been missing from their respective homes for the past four days. Belonging to a farm labourers’ family, the boy was the eldest of the four siblings — two brothers and two sisters.

The incident came to light when local residents informed the Amroha railway police about two injured persons lying on the railway tracks this morning. The police reached the spot. While the boy was found dead, the girl later succumbed to her injuries at a nearby hospital.

On the basis of the Aadhaar card found on the deceased, the Railway Police informed the boy’s family, which was away to Rajasthan for the seasonal plucking of cotton.

Kotkapura Sadar police station SHO Vikram Singh said the police got information about the incident but they had not received any official complaint so far.