Jajpur: Mangalpur police in Jajpur district seized a young couple’s bodies hanging from a tree near the Naun-Mania sluice gate at Mohantypatna village of the district today.
A team of cops from the Mangalpur police reached the spot after getting information about the tragic incident and recovered the bodies of the young couple hanging from the branch of a banyan tree.
The deceased couple has been identified as Samir Das of Ishwarpur village and Surekha Malik of Mohantypatna village. Their bodies were tied with a dupatta.
While police are yet to ascertain the exact reason behind the lovebird’s death, it is suspected that they died by suicide due to lover failure.
The girl was seen wearing sindoor, mangalsutra, alta, and bangles on her hands like a married woman while the boy’s hands also had traces of alta and sindoor.
It is said that Samir, who works at a plywood company in Kerala, had returned home a few days ago but was missing from the house since Monday evening.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.