PALANPUR: A lovelorn couple allegedly committed suicide in Kansari village near Deesa in Banaskantha district on Monday by hanging themselves from a neem tree behind the village primary school.
Sources revealed that both Manoj Patel (23) and Neeta Suthar (18) had been in love for many years. However, they could not get married because they were not from the same caste.
While Manoj was a father of a three-year-old girl, Neeta was married last week.
Inspector R M Bhadoriya of Deesa taluka police station said that the two were seen hanging by the villagers on Monday. Their bodies were sent to civil hospital where they were declared dead.