Nabarangpur: A 20-year-old married man and a minor girl were found hanging from a tree in Mokian gram panchayat in Papadahandi block of Odisha’s Nabarangpur district on Thursday.

The deceased were identified as Pabitra Bhatra and a minor girl who is his relative’s daughter. Pabitra had married around four months ago and recently left his wife at her parents’ house for the Nuakhai festival.

According to the family, Pabitra had dinner at home on Wednesday night and went to sleep. However, when he was found missing on Thursday morning, his family began searching for him. The minor girl was also found missing from her home, following which her family started looking for her.

Later, some villagers spotted the two hanging from the tree. The families reached the spot and informed the police.

Cops have recovered the bodies for post-mortem and initiated an investigation to ascertain the circumstances under which the two died.

It is suspected that the two died by suicide by hanging themselves. The exact reason behind the suspected extreme act by the two was yet to be established.