A young couple who worked for the same bank were found dead in Kerala and Karnataka within hours of each other, police said on Thursday.
P Anushree, 25, from Poochakkad in Kasaragod, and her fiancé V Amal, 26, from Iritty in Kannur, had just gotten engaged and were planning to marry in December, PTI reported. Anushree was posted at a bank branch in Karnataka, while Amal was working at the bank's Ernakulam branch.
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Woman found dead in Hunsur, husband in Ernakulam
Anushree was found dead at her accommodation in Hunsur, Karnataka, police said. Her body was taken to her Kasaragod home after a post-mortem and cremated on Wednesday evening.
Amal had been staying in Ernakulam with friends. Police said he appeared to have checked into a lodge on Wednesday after learning about Anushree's death.
He was later found dead in a hotel room. Ernakulam North police suspect he died by suicide. No suicide note was found, and investigators said the exact circumstances surrounding the deaths would be known only after a detailed probe.
Police will also examine Amal's mobile phone as part of the investigation, PTI reported.
Similar incident
{{/usCountry}}Police will also examine Amal's mobile phone as part of the investigation, PTI reported.
Similar incident
{{/usCountry}}In a separate incident, a 24-year-old woman died after falling from the 16th floor of a high-rise in Sector 110, Noida, on Sunday. Her 28-year-old husband was arrested on charges of dowry death after her family accused him of demanding dowry.
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Police said the couple belonged to different faiths and had been in a relationship for around two years before getting married on July 11. They had moved into their Sector 110 residence from another housing society in Noida only last month.
The woman, a resident of Etah, worked at a call centre, while her 28-year-old husband, who is from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, worked as a video editor at a private company in Noida.
The incident took place at around 5:30pm on Sunday. A security guard alerted the police after the woman fell from the building, following which officers reached the residential society and identified her with the help of residents.
An investigator said police went to the couple's flat after the incident and found the husband asleep.
“When we approached her flat, her husband, who was asleep, opened the flat. He was shocked to learn of the incident,” the investigator said, requesting anonymity.
After being informed about the death, the woman's family members allegedly accused her husband of demanding dowry.