kanpur the bodies of a couple found hanging from a tree in rihua village under the limits of indergarh police station of kannauj district sent shock waves among their family members and villagers on saturday according to police preliminary probe the couple who were in love with each other apparently committed suicide bodies of deepu 18 and kranti 18 were found hanging early on saturday morning locals who were on their way to fields spotted the bodies hanging from a babul tree between 6 and 7am on saturday and raised an alarm and later apprised the police control room of the situation initial investigations revealed that the couple had eloped from their homes late on friday night and later ended their lives the couple hailed from bahelia community the police however ruled out the possibility of honour killing but stated that it will investigate the case from all angles villagers meanwhile claimed that deepu son of dharam pal and kranti daughter of mangu lal were residents of the same village both deepu and kranti used to work in a private firm in panipat district of haryana where they developed an affair recently the duo had returned home krantis parents had fixed her marriage with a youth from neighbouring area of the district they said police sent the bodies for postmortem and were awaiting results inspector shailendra singh said as per the preliminary findings they were in love with each other it appears that they entered into a suicide pact because their family members were not willing to accept their relationship however we would investigate the case from all angles statements of villagers and family members were being recorded to ascertain why the couple took the extreme step