Dumka: A newly married couple was found dead inside their home at Kashinath Mandal Tola in Sahibganj district on Sunday morning, with police suspecting the man killed his wife before dying by suicide.The deceased were identified as Vikram Saha (26), son of Shankar Saha, and his wife, Mamuni Basak (21), a resident of Manihari Tola. Police said Vikram, a hawker, had tied the knot with Mamuni around six months ago in an inter-caste marriage. The couple lived with Vikram’s younger brother, Prashant Saha.According to preliminary findings, Vikram allegedly slit Mamuni’s throat with a knife inside their room and was later found hanging. Police said the motive was not yet clear.The matter came to light after Prashant grew suspicious as the couple’s room remained shut for a long time. He knocked repeatedly but got no response. When he managed to open the door, he found Vikram hanging and Mamuni lying in a pool of blood, police said.Residents informed Radhanagar police. Rajmahal SDPO Vimlesh Kumar Tripathi and Radhanagar police station officer in-charge Amar Kumar Minz reached the spot with a police team and began an investigation. The bodies were sent for post-mortem examination. Police recovered a bloodstained knife from the room and seized it for forensic examination.Tripathi said the woman appeared to have been murdered, while the man was found hanging. “The exact reason behind the deaths will be known after investigation,” he said. Police are awaiting autopsy and forensic reports to establish the sequence and timing of the deaths.
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