PATNA, Feb. 3 -- Five girls, all minors and said to be hailing from the Mahdalit community, consumed poison after they were allegedly "scolded by their parents for returning with boys of their school", resulting in death of four, the Aurangabad police said on Monday while investigating the case of "deaths by suicide" of four of these five girls.

The girls belonged to Saidpur village under Amzhar Sharif panchayat under Haspura police station in Aurangabad district.

The police said one of the girls, who survived and is under treatment at a district hospital, told the police this during recording her statement.

She said that all the girls consumed pesticide procured from one girl's house in an agriculture field of the village, the police ...