A 29-year-old married man and a minor girl allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Fatehpur, police said on Tuesday.
The bodies of Chaitu Pal and the 16-year-old girl were found on the bank of a pond in Benti village in Thariyanv police station area of Fatehpur district on Tuesday morning, local police said.
According to the villagers, Pal and the girl were distant relatives, SHO of Thariyanv police station Satyendra Singh Bhadauria said.
An empty bottle containing some poisonous substance was found lying near the bodies suggesting that both committed suicide, he said.
The bodies were sent for autopsy and investigations are on.
Meanwhile in Ballia, a tantrik allegedly abducted and repeatedly raped a 17-year-old girl for three months, police said on Tuesday.
The accused, Jog Baba (23), was arrested from the railway station in Ballia and the girl, who was also with him, was rescued on Monday, the police added.
The girl, a resident of a village in the Revati police station area, was abducted by the accused in June, Senior Sub-Inspector Ajay Yadav said.
In her statement, the teenager told the police that she met the tantrik for her treatment and he kidnapped her by promising to marry her, took her to Delhi and Kota, and repeatedly raped her for about three months.
She was sent to the district hospital for medical examination, Yadav said, adding that her father had filed a case of kidnapping against the accused on June 30.
On the basis of the girl's statement, police included the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code dealing with rape and those of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Monday.