Badaun (UP), May 26 (PTI) A couple allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in Haidalpur village under Bilsi police station area, they said.

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According to the complaint filed in the case, Prem Shankar (25) and his wife Savitri (23) were found hanging in different rooms of a house on Tuesday morning, Additional SP (rural) Surendra Pratap Singh said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and an investigation to ascertain the reasons behind the suicide is underway, Singh said.

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