Rohtak, Feb. 23 -- An 18-year-old boy of a Charkhi Dadri village died during treatment and his female friend is battling for her life at a civil hospital in Ganganagar, Rajasthan, after the duo consumed some poisonous substance, Charkhi Dadri police said on Saturday.'

A police spokesman said the boy, who was in Class 12, and the girl, a Class 10 student, were studying at the same private school in Charkhi Dadri district. On February 14, the duo fled from Charkhi Dadri and reached Ganganagar railway station on February 20.

The girl's parents had lodged an abduction complaint against the boy in Charkhi Dadri on February 14.

" We traced their location in Ganganagar with the help of their mobile numbers and alerted the police officials the...