Pramesh S Jain
A 25-year-old woman and her male friend ended life by hanging from a tree in the outskirts of the city on Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Pushpalatha from Dasegoudanapalya and Mohan Kumar, 24 from Magadi .
Senior officers visited the spot and after inspecting the spot they said that the, Pushpalatha was married recently but separated from husband and came to live with her parents.
Mohan Kumar who was also married and worked in a chicken stall had an affair and the duo used to meet regularly .
On Sunday during one of the meetings the duo had an argument following which Pushpalatha hanged to a tree with a rope.Mohan Kumar who noticed this also hanged to the same tree .
The incident came to light when a few passersby noticed the bodies hanging from a tree and alerted Kudur police.
The kudur police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are awaiting a post mortem report to ascertain the cause of death .