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GORAKHPUR: A couple died in dubious conditions just a day after announcing their marriage and were being hurriedly cremated by their families on Saturday morning when police reached the spot on getting information and seized their halfburnt bodies. The family members of both escaped when police reached.
Sources in Sant Kabir Nagar police said, one Sagar and Kanchan of Mudadih village under Dhanghata police station were having an affair since long. On Friday evening, Kanchan reached Sagar’s house and Sagar applied vermillion on her forehead and announced their marriage.
However, the family members of Sagar and Kanchan strongly disapproved the marriage and started beating them.