Three teenage girls were found hanging in a tree in Kachankawal Rural Municipality of Jhapa district on Sunday.

DSP Basanta Pathak of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that the three girls committed suicide by hanging themselves in a tree at Sunkoshi Tea Farm in Ballegaun of Pathamari, Kachankawal Rural Municipality-5.

Those who committed suicide have been identified as Karina (16), daughter of Pancham Ganesh, Anjali (17), daughter of Puwali Ganesh and Kalpana (16), daughter of Birbal Ganesh of Kachankawal-5.

According to locals, all of them had gone missing from the house since Saturday afternoon.

Locals informed police after they found the trio found hanging in a tree at around 7 am today.

All of them used to work at the tea garden.

Police said that they are looking into the case.