Maharashtra: Two childhood friends kill self in Pune

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Two 19-year-old women, both childhood friends and living in the same building in Pune, allegedly killed themselves within a span of an hour, police said on Wednesday, according to the PTI.

The incidents took place on Tuesday evening in Shewalwadi area of Hadapsar town in Pune, Maharashtra, they said.

One of the women allegedly hanged herself in the bedroom of her residence at around 6.30 pm, police inspector Arvind Gokule said.

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"While the body was being sent for post-mortem in an ambulance, the deceased's childhood friend jumped to death from the terrace of the four-storey building around 7.30 pm," he said.

One of them was a commerce student and the other was pursuing an animation course, police told PTI.

No suicide note was found and the reasons behind their extreme step were not yet known, police said.

(with PTI inputs)