Kanpur: Elderly couple found dead in Sarsaul area

KANPUR: An elderly couple in their 60s were found dead under mysterious circumstances near a pond in Sarsaul area of the district on Tuesday. Some locals, who were working in their fields, alerted the police after they noticed the bodies lying near a pond close to Samadhi Baba temple.
The couple has been identified as Badri Kushwaha (64) and his wife Shiv Pyari (60) of Salempur in Maharajpur area of the district. Police have recovered an empty bottle of liquor near the bodies.
“Their son -rem stays separately in Ahirwan area of Chakeri while their married daughter Guddan lives with her family in Bhadasa area of the district. The couple used to live at their ancestral home in Salempur area of Maharajpur. They used to eke out their livelihood by doing farming at their three ‘bighas’ of agricultural land,” said police.
As there were no injury marks on the bodies, it appears that the two had committed suicide apparently by consuming some kind of poisonous substance. “However, we are yet to receive autopsy report. We are questioning the son-daughter duo besides locals in the area. Further investigations are underway in this regard,” said Inspector Sarsaul, Raghvendra Singh.