BAREILLY: The bodies of a youth, 17, and girl, 16, were on Monday morning found hanging from a mango tree, about 15 hours after they left homes and allegedly decided to end their lives on the outskirts of Budaun’s Jirolia village. In a relationship for the last three years, they had been trying hard to persuade their families for their marriage. But they couldn’t.
This is the 19th case in Bareilly in the last two years where a couple allegedly committed suicide after facing resistance from their families due to their different castes. In some cases, the opposition was because the couple were from the same ‘gotra’ (extended families). On December 9, a couple had committed suicide in Mujahidpur village in Civil Lines area, Bareilly.
In the recent case, the couple went missing on Sunday evening.
“We received information about the suicide on Monday morning. We immediately rushed to the spot and also called forensic experts,” said Vishal Pratap Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Ujhani police station.
The youth once spoke to his elder brother in the night and he was upset.
According to local sources, the youth was a distant relative of the girl. As they were from the same family, there was opposition to their marriage, they said.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Budaun, Sankalp Sharma, said, “The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination to rule out the murder angle. It appears to be a case of suicide, as the couple was in a relationship and their families were against their marriage. Both the families have refused to file a case.”