The dead bodies of the couple were found in these different rooms.
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Dead bodies of a newly married couple were found in separate rooms in Purnia. Police say that both of them committed suicide by hanging due to mutual dispute. After receiving information about the incident, the police reached the spot and sent both the bodies for postmortem. FSL team has been called on Monday morning to investigate the matter. The incident took place in Baghwa village of Mirganj police station area late on Sunday night. The deceased have been identified as Rishu Mandal (23) and wife Ranjan Devi (21). Both of them had a love marriage only 6 months ago.
Information about the reason is not clear
Local people say that Rishu Mandal and Ranjana Devi had a love marriage only 6 months ago. Ranjana Devi is a resident of Baghwa village. Both of them had a love marriage 6 months ago without the consent of the family. After marriage, both were living happily in their house. Local people say that at the time of the incident, the father of deceased Rishu Mandal and other people of the house had gone to the field to get corn husks peeled. When he returned home from the farm, he found that both the rooms of his house were locked from inside. When the door did not open even after knocking a lot, people found that both the husband and wife had hanged themselves from the ceiling fan. As soon as this scene was seen, there was chaos in the house. People somehow broke the door and entered the house and then the police was informed. On receiving the information, the mother of deceased Ranjana reached the spot and was crying loudly. People are also saying different kinds of things. Family members say that no one knows the reason for this incident.
Police engaged in investigation
Local people informed the police of Mirganj police station about the incident. As soon as the information was received, the local police reached the spot and sent the body to the hospital for post-mortem. On the other hand, the local people are also surprised as to why both of them took such a step. At present the police has started investigating the matter.
