Facing opposition from their family members, two lovers ended their lives in Pratapgarh. The bodies were found hanging on Monday night. Local police sent the bodies for autopsy and started further investigation.
Reports said that a young man and a woman were found hanging from a tree outside Bakulahi village in the city Kotwali area on Monday night. The cops rushed to the spot and with the help of villagers, they identified the deceased as Sachin Verma (21) and Anita Verma (35), both of the same village. The villagers claimed that Anita was already married and was the mother of two, while Sachin was a bachelor.
The villagers claimed that Sachin and Anita were having an affair but their families were against their marriage as Anita was already having a family. “It seems that due to opposition from their respective families and neighbours, Sachin and Anita committed suicide,” the villagers claimed.
The local police said the probe was going on and they were waiting for the autopsy report.
Meanwhile, a 19-year-old girl died under mysterious circumstances in Mohalla Bajaria of Sahpau in Hathras. The body was found hanging from the ceiling of her room. Her parents and younger brother had gone to sell toys in the weekly fair at Maa Bhadrakali temple. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and sent the body for autopsy.
Reports said that Ramlal of Sahpau locality in Hathras had three sons and a daughter. The daughter was a student of BA final year. Two of his sons live in their maternal grandfather’s house while the third son and his wife helped him sell toys, toffees and namkeen at a shop in the locality.
On Monday, Ramlal left his daughter at home and went to the weekly fair along with his wife and son to sell toys. In the evening, they were informed by neighbours that their daughter had ended her life.