Married woman, lover commit suicide

Jaipur: A married woman and her lover allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree in a village near Amer town here, police said today.

The bodies of Laxmi Meena and Phoolchand Meena, both aged around 21 years, were spotted hanging from a tree in Singwana village last night, SHO Amer Narendra Kumar said.

The woman had got married in Chomu town in the district on May 7. She had come to her parents’ house here a few days ago, he said.

Laxmi met Phoolchand last night. They eloped and then killed themselves, police said.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem, they added.

–PTI