Bhawanipatna: A youth and a girl were found hanging from a tree near Badadumerbahal village in Junagarh of Kalahandi district on Tuesday.
The youth was identified as Kedar Rana (26), a resident of Kharlabeda village in the district. He is reportedly survived by his wife and a son.
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Local spotted the bodies and immediately alerted the police.
A police team along with scientific experts rushed to the spot and found injury marks on different parts of Kedar’s body.
According to police sources, the duo suspected to have been murdered over a love affair. The miscreants might have hanged the bodies from the tree to pass it off as suicide and mislead the investigation, the sources added.
