Bodies of a married man and a girl were found hanging from a tree near Fakati village under Chandahandi block of the district on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Nartam Nayak of the village and a girl. As per the wife of Nartam, he was sleeping on Thursday night when he received a phone call, following which he went outside.
In the morning, locals spotted the bodies near the village and informed police. Cops have sent the bodies for postmortem and started investigation into the incident.
Though the reason behind the death of the two is yet to be ascertained, family members of Nartam have alleged that kin of the girl murdered the duo.