Shiva Raj Rawat, 56, and wife Khima, 50, killed self by hanging from the ceiling of their house using a single rope, police said. The couple torched their bedding and clothes in their bedroom before they committed suicide in another room. There were only the husband and wife at home when the incident took place.
Padam Raj Gorathoki, a local, said villagers saw the couple hanging as they reached there to douse the fire. Security personnel and local people took the fire under control.
“It is said that the wife was a mental patient. But the motive of committing suicide together is not immediately known,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police Dipak Regmi, adding that an investigation into the matter is under way.
The dead bodies were taken to the District Hospital in Bijuwar for post-mortem.
Posted on: 2014-07-03 09:08
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