Neemuch, Feb 12 (PTI) A 50-year-old priest and his wife were found dead on the premises of a temple at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch district, police said on Saturday.

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The incident took place at Ramdev temple in Alori Garwara under Ratangarh police station in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, an official said.

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Bodies of temple priest Kailash Garg and his wife Rekha (42), who lived on the temple premises, were found by villagers in the morning, assistant sub-inspector Shishupal Singh Gaud of Ratangarh police station said.

The priest was found hanging in a room, while his wife was found lying in a pool of blood outside with a slit throat, he said.

Villagers initially staged a protest demanding that a case of murder be registered. The protest was withdrawn after the police registered an offence and began a probe, the official said.

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