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'The Good Girls' Aims To Uncover The Story Behind The Deaths Of Two Indian Girls

Two young, inseparable teenage girls were found hanging side by side from a mango tree in a small village in India in May 2014. Author Sonia Faleiro investigates their deaths in a new book.
<em>The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing</em>, by Sonia Faleiro

Two young, inseparable teenagers, called Padma and Lalli, were found hanging side by side from a mango tree in a small village in India in May 2014.

Though many have heard of the story, India law prevents the identities of victims of certain crimes to be revealed, so these are not the girls' real names.

Sonia Faleiro investigated their true story, which has now become her book, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing.

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On the girls' identities – and the fact that they were so close

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