Ranchi, Feb 14 (IANS): Three people, including a girl, committed suicide on Sunday in different incidents here, the police said.
Rakesh Oraon, 27, a resident of Bariatu colony of Ranchi, took his own life for reasons related to a love affair, according to the police.
In the same neighbourhood that Oraon lived, a class 10 schoolgirl killed herself by consuming poison. Her family members said she succumbed to the pressure of her studies.
A class 12 student Rana Kumar from another area of the city also committed suicide by hanging himself. Here too, the police suspected a failed love affair.
The bodies in all the three cases have been sent for post-mortem examination.