The girls aged between 10-16 have a wilted look, are given to weeping, and grab their own throats and roll over. [break]
They have not attended their classes at Sitaram School since Sunday, according to teacher Laxman Ghimire. Ghimire said students of fourth and eighth grades are facing the problem.
Locals of Khopatar and Islampur villages in the VDC have become terrified and other students have also not gone to school out of fear, according to Purna Bahadur Thapa, a local.
Parents of the girls claim that they did not have any such problem in the past.
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