Police said today that a 17-year-old girl and her friend, attempted to commit suicide, after she was allegedly raped by her friend's relative near Bodeli in Gujarat's Chhota Udepur district. Police said that the teenager and her friend tried to end their lives on Thursday by consuming pesticide. An official said that the victim told Bodeli police, two persons, identified as Sajanbhai Naika and Rohit Naika, approached her and her friend while they were on their way to school last Thursday and pressurized them to accompany them to a nearby temple . The official said that while the victim sat on Sajanbhai's two-wheeler, her friend rode pillion on Rohit's motorcycle. On the way, while Rohit rode ahead with the friend, Sajanbhai took the victim to an isolated spot out of town and raped her at a knife-point. Then accused dropped the girls to Bodeli where they consumed pesticide out of fear, he added. According to the police, both the girls were rushed to a government hospital in the area and then shifted to Vadodara civil hospital in a critical condition. At Vadodara civil hospital, the victim gave a statement to police revealing the incident that took place on Thursday and the subsequent sequence of events following which we registered a case yesterday, the official said. Sajanbhai has been booked for rape and criminal intimidation under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code, he said . The official added that Rohit Naika had been charged under section 114 (abettor present when offence is committed) of the IPC. The Bodeli police official said that full efforts were on to nab the accused who were absconding.