Four people, including a married couple, allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves in their houses. (Representational Image)
Four people, including a married couple, allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves in their houses in three separate incidents in different parts of the national capital, police said today.
In first incident, which took place in south Delhi's Andrews Ganj area, body of a 23-year-old driver Dharmender was found hanging from the ceiling of his house while body of his 20-year-old wife, Reena, was found lying nearby, a police official said.
The couple, both native of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh and married about one-and-a-half year ago, were living not near to a slum cluster where Mr Dharmender's relatives lived.
They had frequent fights as Mr Dharmender was an alcoholic.
According to police, last evening, they had heated argument over the issue, and after that they both did not take calls from their relatives for a long time.
When Mr Dharmender's sister went to check on them and she found Mr Dharmender hanging from the ceiling and Reena lying nearby, said the official.
Mr Dharmender's sister raised an alarm, following which the police were informed. The couple were rushed to a hospital, where they died.
Preliminary investigations suggest that they both hanged themselves, as Mr Dharmender's body was found hanging by the time the matter came to light while Reena's body fell off the ceiling and a stole was found wrapped around her neck, the official said.
In other incidents at Ranjit Nagar, a man and a woman, said to be in a relationship hanged themselves in their houses.
The man has been identified as Mohammed Ayub while the woman as Gudiya, both residents of a slum cluster.
Mr Ayub worked in a soap factory but he did not go for work today and in the afternoon, his mother found his body hanging from the ceiling of his room, said an official.
By the time police team reached there, they received a call about another body being found in the same neighbourhood.
The deceased was identified as Gudiya, said the official. During investigations, it came to light that they were in a relationship, he added.