The bodies of a couple, who were in a live-in relationship, were found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said.
The bodies of Jamini Singh, 24, and Basanti Singh, 20, were found hanging from a neem tree in a forest near Poklabeda village in Patamda police station area, around 30 km from Jamshedpur, they said.
The bodies were sent to the MGM Hospital in Jamshedpur for post-mortem examination, they added.
Basanti was married but left her husband and was living with Jamini, a daily wager, for the last three months.
Police said the cause of the incident is under investigation.
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