In a shocking incident from Bihar’s Aurangabad district, five underage girls decided to experiment with the taste of poison, leading to the heartbreaking deaths of four among them. The sole survivor, a terrified 14-year-old, recounted the horrifying ordeal that unfolded on January 29 in Moti Bigha village. What began as a curious dare turned into a nightmare when the girls consumed a toxic substance typically used to kill birds.
The group ventured to a secluded field, drawn by a friend’s reckless challenge: ‘Let’s eat this and see if we live or die.’ They mixed the poison with water and swallowed it. The survivor took only a tiny amount, spat it out immediately, and watched in horror as her four friends—aged 12 to 15—collapsed one by one before her eyes. She fled home in panic, where her family induced vomiting with neem leaf decoction, saving her life just in time.
Police investigations reveal a possible backstory. On the evening of Saraswati Puja, the girls were spotted with some boys, earning them a scolding from their parents. Overwhelmed by anger and shame, they allegedly plotted a group suicide. However, one victim’s father, a migrant laborer returned from Maharashtra, vehemently denies this, insisting it was mere curiosity gone wrong.
Daoudnagar SDPO Ashok Kumar Das confirmed the survivor’s statement has been recorded. The four deceased girls received a poignant farewell, cremated together on a single pyre by grieving families. As the district reels from this tragedy, authorities probe every angle, urging parents to monitor children’s experiments and the dangers lurking in common pesticides. This incident serves as a grim reminder of youthful impulsiveness and the lethal risks it carries.