The death of two couples by hanging on a day in Papadahandi and Chandahandi blocks in Nabarangpur district has sent shock waves across the district.
In the first incident, villagers spotted the hanging bodies of a young boy and a girl in Batashar forest of Cherchetta gram panchayat under the Papadahandi police limits on Saturday.
As per the family members, the girl had gone missing since Friday evening and a missing complaint had been registered in the police station.In the other incident, another couple was found hanging from a tree near Sharadhapur village under Chandahandi block.
Sources said the duo had reportedly eloped 15 days back and returned to the village a day before the incident.
The girl was earlier married and living in Sinapali village in Nuapada district. Police reached the spot and recovered the bodies for autopsy. The actual cause behind the deaths was yet to be ascertained