Palghar: Woman, boyfriend commit suicide fearing rejection of relationship from family

A 20-year-old woman and her 19-year-old boyfriend allegedly ended their lives in Maharashtra's Palghar district after entering into a suicide pact as they feared their families would not approve of their relationship, police said.

A passer-by on Sunday evening spotted the bodies hanging from a tree on a hill in Talasari area and alerted local police, they said. The police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to a government hospital for postmortem, Talasari police station house officer said.

The duo had a constant fear that their families might not accept their relationship. They entered into a suicide pact and allegedly hanged themselves from a tree in the hill area, the official said. A case of accidental death has been registered, an official from Palghar rural police control room told PTI.