Couple commit suicide in Palghar

Palghar, Apr 25 (PTI) A young man and a woman allegedly committed suicide in Vikramgadh taluka of the district, police said today.

The bodies of Sandeep Ambat (24) and Chandrakala Wagath (22) were found at a farmhouse in Gadade village of Vikramgadh yesterday, they said.

Both of them are suspected to have ended their lives by consuming poison on the night of April 23, they said.

Sandeep, a resident of Manor in the district, was studying for his final year BSc, while Chandrakala, also from the same area, was doing a nursing course in Nashik.

The bodies were sent for postmortem and a probe was on to find out the reason behind them taking the extreme step, police added.