The bodies of two teens were recovered from a mango plantation in Uttar Laxmipur area in Malda district’s Mothabari on Friday.

The duo were identified as Manoj Mandal, 19, and Chaitanya Mandal, 18. Policemen said preliminary probe suggested suicide but they were awaiting an autopsy report.

Police said both the teenagers were depressed.

Last year, Manoj bagged ninth spot in the state merit list of higher secondary examines, getting 491 out of 500. But hailing from a marginal farmer’s family, he could not study in Calcutta. He was a student of Malda College and also had to work as a daily wage earner to support himself and his six-member family. Chaitanya was a school dropout who could not earn enough.

“All these seemed to have left them depressed. Preliminary probe suggest suicide but we are waiting for post-mortem reports,” said a police officer.

In another incident, two women and a teenager died after they were struck by lightning at different areas of Manikchak police station on Friday evening.

The deceased were identified as Samima Bewa, 75, Faizuddin Khan, 17, of Mathurapur and Tikli Mandal, 24, of Bhutni.