Muzaffarnagar, June 25 (PTI) A 50-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train near Sarvat crossing here, the police said.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and the reason behind the man taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, they said.

In another incident, a 21-year-old man and his lover consumed poison at Jaibhagwanpur village last evening. They were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the man died while the condition of the woman is stated to be serious.

According to the police, both of them worked in a brick kiln and they reportedly took the extreme step as their families were opposed to their relationship.

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