bareilly in yet another case of couple suicide reported from bareilly division in uttar pradesh a young couple in their early 20s allegedly took their own lives by jumping in front of a speeding goods train near garrah river bridge in shahjahanpur district on friday eveningthe train driver had applied emergency brakes but the couple could not be saved sources saidthe couple were identified as shalini 21 and pawan kumar 22 they were residents of nigohi area and both belonged to the same community they were pursuing graduation and wanted to marry each other but their families were against the relationship the womans marriage was fixed elsewherepolice later found their remains on the rail track disfigured by the impact of the heavy wheels the remains have been sent for postmortem by sadar bazar police the womans kin levelled allegations that pawan had forced shalini to take the extreme step but failed to provide any evidencethis is the 21st such case of couple suicide reported since 2019 in four districts of bareilly division and there were several cases of individual suicides and nearly 10 cases of honour killings such cases are probably there in other parts of the state as well sources addeda senior cop on the condition of anonymity said in most cases the couple belonged to same religion and were educated but the differences between the families proved too fatal in case of elopement the womans family usually comes forward and registers an abduction fir against all the youths kinig bareilly range rajesh pandey told toi this was tragic an adult has all the right to marry a person of hisher choice in such case i have already directed the officials to provide counselling to the adult couple and even provide them security if they sense any threat from their families after weddingtwo married couples have already been given security by police in bareilly on their request pandey said adding i would appeal to the parents not to force their children to marriage against their wish let them take their time