Two girls jump from 4th floor of building in Tamil Nadu, one dead

SALEM: A teenage girl student died while another was injured when they allegedly jumped from a fourth floor of a restaurant here in Tamil Nadu, police said on Saturday.

The students, studying in the eighth standard at a private school, did not return home on Friday after school hours.

The parents had lodged a complaint with Pallapatti police, who are investigating.

Meanwhile, police received information that two girls jumped down from the fourth floor of a restaurant at Agrahara second street this morning, in which one student died on the spot, they said.

The other seriously injured student has been admitted to the government hospital here, police said.

Investigations are on to ascertain the reason for the students' action, they added.