An 18-year-old girl and her 21-year-old lover allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train near the Gadamadhupur railway station under the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Jajpur Road area on Monday.
liza Behera and her lover luna Dora of Mahisana village jumped before the Cuttack-Bhadrak passenger train on Monday 10 am, said GRP Assistant Sub-Inspector of Jajpur Road Prafulla Sahoo.
“We were informed by the train driver about the incident. The lovers went to the railway line near the village and threw themselves before the running train. Both of them died on the spot,” said Sahoo.
The police have registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC in this regard. “What forced them to take the extreme step is still being investigated,” a police official said.