Surat: A 26-year-old employee at a sari shop was found dead at his residence in Pandesara on Thursday. The couple had got married on December 10 last year at their native village in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Police said that the deceased identified as Pradeep Pandey allegedly hanged himself to death within hours of his wife Ritu’s committing suicide in Allahabad, UP.
Pandey was found hanging at his rented accommodation in Lakshmi Nagar. His wrist had injury marks and it seemed he had also suffered heavy blood.
Pandey's family members told police that the deceased had talked to Ritu for around half an hour on Thursday morning over the phone. Later, he came to know through his family members that Ritu had hanged herself. Within minutes of receiving this message, Pandey too killed himself.
The family members are not yet sure what had triggered the couple to such an extreme step.