A chilling double death has stunned Jehanabad, Bihar, where a runaway couple reunited fatally. In Murgaon panchayat’s Pran Bigha, villagers stumbled upon 25-year-old Rajiv Kumar and his lover’s corpses beneath a neem tree in the fields, empty poison packets beside them, amid Holi’s echoes.
Flashback to six months back: the pair bolted from the village, sparking an abduction FIR against Rajiv by her relatives at Hulasganj station. Her solo return last week raised no alarms—until Tuesday’s eerie vanishing act after 10 PM.
Believed to be a clandestine midnight meet-up orchestrated by the still-absconding Rajiv, the lovers chose death over separation. Morning searchers uncovered the grim scene, alerting authorities immediately.
FSL experts sifted the area, finding a deliberately wrecked mobile and chemical remnants indicating ingested toxin. Police lean toward lover’s suicide but are scanning for coercion angles from family or society.
With autopsies pending, the probe intensifies through witness interrogations. The village mourns silently, Holi’s colors faded to black. This tragedy spotlights the deadly toll of societal taboos on young love, calling for empathy in rigid traditions.