Kissing video on net claims lives of school girl, boyfriend

An 18-year-old school girl and her lover allegedly committed suicide after video clippings of her kissing a classmate were posted on the internet, the police said on Saturday. The girl, a student of Class 12, and a 27-year-old plumber, who is believed to be her boyfriend, were found hanging from a tree at the latter's residence, the police said.

The video of the the girl kissing a classmate was recorded by another student with a mobile phone camera a few days ago and was found uploaded on the internet. The clipping was also circulated as MMS, they said. The student, who had taken the mobile phone to an internet cafe for copying the video on a CD, has been arrested following a complaint by the school's parent teachers association.

Meanwhile, the girl's family said that she went missing since Friday night. The girl was wearing a mangalsutra and a vermilion mark on her forehead, traditional symbols sported by married Hindu women, when the bodies were found. The school had since banned use of mobile phone by students.