Two bodies, including that a 23-year-old woman, recovered by police from Sitarganj area in Udham Singh Nagar district on Wednesday, have left the people scared.
It is learnt that the woman whose body was found was to marry in the next few days. They are suspected to have committed suicide. Preliminary probe report said that the duo-Bhagshri Singh Rana and 25-year-old Arvind Singh Rana-were lovers. They had taken the extreme step as the girl’s parents were engaged in finalising her marriage with another boy.
Pan Singh, sub-inspector Nanakmatta, said that police had recovered two bodies over the past 24 hours. Team has been formed to investigate the case.
Bhagshri Singh Rana, resident of Sisaikhera, (Sitarganj) is suspected to have hanged herself from a tree while Arvind Singh Rana is suspected to have died of consuming poison substances. Both the bodies have been sent for postmortem.
He said that the deceased girl’s family members had informed the police that she had gone missing from her home on Tuesday evening. Her body was found hanging from a tree around 500 meters away from her house, Singh added.