Nuapada, July 3: In an unfortunate incident, a couple allegedly committed suicide by jumping before Vande Bharat Express in Odisha’s Nuapada district last night.
The deceased have been identified as Jaduram Pandey (58) and his wife Jambai Pandey (56), residents of Silda village under Nuapada police limits.
As per reports, Jaduram and Jambai reportedly jumped in front of the Visakhapatnam-Durg Vande Bharat Express near the Kalyanpur level crossing in Nuapda while they were on their way home from a relative's house last night.
Upon getting the information, Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel from Kantabanji arrived at the scene and seized the bodies. Subsequently, they were sent for postmortem.
The villagers said that the couple had been having problems with their only son and had been living separately for the last two years. They didn’t have a steady source of income and had been struggling financially for a while.
Though the exact reason behind the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that their financial troubles might have prompted the couple to commit the suicide.
A case in this regard was registered and further investigation into the matter was underway, said the police.
