Police on Wednesday recovered dead bodies of a young couple hanging from a tree at the Kantigadia hillock under the Dharmasala police limits in Jajpur district.
The deceased were identified as Bapi Samal (20) and Puja Mallick (16) of Paikarapur village. The police have lodged an unnatural death (UD) case and sent the bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital at Jajpur town for autopsy.Dharmasala PS IIC Umakanta Nayak said it was suspected that the couple made a suicide pact as they were not allowed by their families to marry. Further investigation was on, he added.