Overview
- Villagers discovered the bodies of a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy hanging from a mango tree in the Nehta forest near Sainjani village on Saturday.
- Officers from Baniyather police station and the Chandausi circle office reached the scene and a forensic field unit was summoned while families and witnesses were being questioned.
- Reports say the teenagers had been missing separately on Friday night and had been in a relationship for about three months with both families objecting to it.
- Police have not yet determined a cause of death and say the post-mortem report and evidence collected at the scene will be crucial to decide if the deaths were suicide or involved foul play.
- Relatives and villagers have offered accounts including an alleged prior suicide attempt by the girl and that the victims’ feet were reportedly touching the ground, but authorities say those claims are unverified and under investigation.