Coimbatore: In a shocking incident, two lovers allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a speeding train near Nanjundapuram here on Friday.
Coimbatore: In a shocking incident, two lovers allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a speeding train near Nanjundapuram here on Friday.
The railway police have confirmed that they were lovers and committed suicide following their parents' refusal to accept their love.
According to police reports, Amal P. Kumar (19) and Surya.S. Nayar of Adoor, Kollam were in love. The duo were extremely distressed, as their parents opposed their love relationship. On Thursday, the dejected lovers decided to take the extreme step and took a train to Coimbatore. They reached Podanur, Coimbatore at 7 am on Friday. The couple took a walk along the railway track from Podanur to Nanjundapuram.
As they reached Nanjundapuram, they jumped on the track before the Kollam-Chennai express and died on the spot. The bodies were recovered by the railway police who sent them to postmortem to Coimbatore GH. The death of the lovers brought much grief among the public.