The deceased have been identified as Poonam (24) and Manisha (21). It has been found that they were related to each other. Manisha is the wife of Poonam's brother-in law. They allegedly committed suicide after consuming insecticides, said police.
Police suspected it to be a case of suicide pact. Both were residents of Libaspur in Delhi. The incident came to light when their relatives started searching for them after they went missing for hours.
The police are suspecting it to be a case of suicide. Police sources said preliminary enquiries did not reveal any foul play.
No injury marks were noticed on their bodies and no suicide note was recovered from the spot, police said.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem.
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