Villupuram(TN) Dec 15 (PTI):Five girl students of a tribal boarding school in the district allegedly consumed pesticide and poisonous seeds, ashamed of finding graffiti with their names on the school wall,expressing love for them,police said.

The seventh standard students of the school at Arasampattu could not bear to see their names on the wall and tried to commit suicide by consuming rat poison mixed with the seeds of the 'Arali' flower, they said.

All of them have been hospitalised, police said. PTI

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