A 26-year-old married woman and a man allegedly died by suicide at the former's apartment in outer Delhi's Shahbad Dairy area on Friday, police said.
Preliminary enquiry revealed that Meera and Manoj were in relationship but the man's family had fixed his marriage to another woman, police said. Upset about this, the duo hanged themselves on Friday, they said. However, no suicide note was recovered from the spot, they added.
According to police, a call about the incident was received around 9 am following which a team of police reached the apartment.
A senior police officer said Meera was married but was living alone in an apartment in Shahbad Dairy area. Manoj worked as a civil defence volunteer in DTC and was unmarried, he said.
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On Friday morning, Manoj told his parents that he was going for work at around 6 am but went to meet Meera instead, he added.
After post-mortem, bodies were handed over to the respective families, police said, adding that inquest proceedings were initiated.
-With PTI Input
