India, March 19 -- Two men were booked for abetment of suicide after a 16-year-old girl from a Scheduled Caste community died by suicide in Palwal, allegedly following their sustained sexual harassment, police said on Wednesday.

The girl, a Class 10 student of a private school, had discontinued her studies around six months ago, with her family alleging that she was being harassed by the accused on her way to school.

The accused were identified as Mohammad Salman and Pepsi (police said they are verifying his full name). Both are in their early 20s and are absconding after learning of the girl's death on Tuesday evening, police said.

According to police, the girl's father returned home on Tuesday evening to find the door open and his da...