PATNA: In a shocking incident, two lovebirds allegedly committed suicide in Jamui on Tuesday by jumping before a train after their families did not allow them to marry. Their mutilated bodies were recovered from the railway tracks between Katauna and Chaura railway halt under Malaypur police station area early Tuesday morning.
Malaypur police station SHO Vijay Kumar said that deceased were identified as Govinda Kumar (22) and Julie Kumari (19). “Both were natives of Lathane in Chaura panchayat under Town police station area of Jamui,” he said and added that the spot of suicide is around 2km from their village.
Kumar said the boy’s body was lying on the Down track and that of the girl on the opposite side. “Prima facie it seems both had put their heads on the tracks. The boy’s head had got severed and his body was dragged for at least 25 metres,” he said.
Kumar said preliminary investigation revealed that they had been in relationship for the last several months and belonged to same caste. Both were missing since Monday night. “However, their family members had not reported anything to police,” the SHO said. He said Danapur railway control room had informed the Jamui police about it around 6.15am.
“Police identified Govinda from some documents recovered from his purse. Later, his family members reached there and identified his body. The girl’s family members also identified Julie,” he said.
Jamui SDPO Rakesh Kumar said both families lived in the same locality at Delhi and worked in factories there. “Both families had returned to Jamui almost a month back,” he said.
He said even though both families belonged to the same caste, they were not ready to marry them. “No suicide note was recovered. The bodies had been handed over to the two families after postmortem. They would be quizzed soon,” he added.