India, Oct. 16 -- In separate incidents reported from Vasai-Virar region, three teenagers have died by suicide within days of each other. In Virar, a 19-year-old college student ended her life after allegedly being blackmailed by her former boyfriend, while in Nalasopara, a 17-year-old girl and her 20-year-old boyfriend were found dead at her home, suspected to have consumed poison.

The Virar case: Extortion, threats, and a fatal fall

The Virar police on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old man for abetment of suicide after his ex-girlfriend, a final-year BCom student from Bhayander, jumped to her death from a fourth-floor building.

According to police, the accused had been blackmailing her with intimate photos following their breakup, deman...