In a shocking incident, a couple, after being cheated by a plot owner, committed suicide.
While the woman hanged herself in the house on Thursday evening in Atrauli area of Hardoi, her husband also hanged himself in Lucknow after learning of his wife's death in the wee hours of Friday.
The family members say that the deceased youth had made a deal for a plot in Lucknow, and the entire amount of the property was also given to the plot owner except for Rs 30,000 which was to be paid at the time of registration of sale deal but the dealer sold the same plot to someone else. He neither gave the plot nor returned the money due to which both of them ended their lives.
Reports said that Sunil, a resident of Majra Kesaripur of village Mazhigaon in Hardoi, used to sell tea in Bramhrauli under Kakori police station in Lucknow. Sunil’s uncle, Shree Krishna, said that his nephew lived with his wife Sonika, four-year-old daughter Sakshi and four-month-old son Yuvraj.
Sunil had made a deal to buy a plot in Bramhrauli with his savings and only Rs 30,000 was left to be paid but the plot owner sold the plot to someone else.
On Makar Sankranti, Sonika had gone to her maternal home in Kesaripur village in Sitapur with her children. Sunil told Sonika on Thursday evening how the plot owner had cheated him after which she hanged herself in a room. On Friday morning, Sunil also committed suicide by hanging himself near the plot.
Atrauli police station in-charge Brajesh Kumar Mishra said investigation was on and action would be taken as per the outcome of the investigation.