TRICHY: Two Class XII students studying in a private school in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu were found dead under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday.The deceased students have been identified as H Akash, 17, son of Harikrishnan, of Kariyiruppu village near Sikkal and N Mukesh, 17, son of Nagendran, of Ariyapathirapillai Street in Nagapattinam.Both the boys were studying in CSI Higher Secondary School in Nagapattinam. Harikrishnan is an Assistant Block Development Officer at Kelvelur.Akash went to school on Tuesday. However, he did not return home. His parents searched for Tuesday night. However, they could not trace him. On Wednesday morning, his body was found on railway tracks near Aaravanai Puthuchery.Based on a complaint, Nagapattinam Government Railway Police (GRP) registered a case and began investigating.Mukesh, who was about to leave for school around 8.30 am on Wednesday, went into his room and did not come out. Later, his parents went into the room looking for him and saw him hanging from a ceiling fan.The boy was rushed to Nagapattinam Government Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.The Nagapattinam Velippalayam police registered a case and began investigations.Both the school administration and the parents of the two boys were clueless about the reason for their deaths, police sources said.

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