The bodies of two young women, aged 18 and 20, were discovered dead in a restroom of the Swaminarayan temple in Dindoli area of Surat on Saturday. Police found vials of anaesthetic drugs and syringes near their bodies.Preliminary investigation indicates the two girls, who had been friends since childhood, died by suicide after injecting themselves with the anaesthetic drugs.
On checking their mobile phones, police reportedly found ChatGPT queries on ‘how to commit suicide' and a news article about a nurse who reportedly took her own life using anaesthesia syringes. Authorities suspect a shared motive behind the suspected suicides.
Police stated the duoe left for college on Friday morning, but failed to return home. After finding out from the college authorities that two had not attended class that day, the families initiated a search and later filed a missing person's report with the Dindoli police.
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Victims tracked using cell phones
According to a report in The Indian Express, Dindoli police said the younger girl was a first-year BCom student at Wadia Women's College in Athwa, while her friend was in the second year at Udhna Citizen College.
Authorities tracked their cell phones, leading family members to the scooter of one of the girls parked outside the Swaminarayan temple.
According to the police, the families reached out to the temple officials, and surveillance footage showed the girls entering a restroom. The families reached the place and forcibly opened the locked door in the presence of temple officials.
The girls were found lifeless on the floor and were immediately taken to a hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead.
The family members handed over four vials of anaesthetic drugs, one used syringe, and three needles to the police that they had found near the bodies of the girls. Authorities have also seized the mobile phone devices belonging to both girls.
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