Both had gone to their Tibda to celebrate Holi and left the village for Ghaziabad on Wednesday. (Representative image / shutterstock)
According to the police, Ranpal Singh and his 38-year-old wife Rekha Singh were residents of Tibda village in Bulandshahr district and lived in Ghaziabad’s Vaishali Colony.
Police said on Saturday that the body of a 40-year-old man was found hanging from a tree along with his wife in a forest near the Ganges Canal in Muradnagar police station area.
According to the police, Ranpal Singh and his 38-year-old wife Rekha Singh were residents of Tibda village in Bulandshahr district and lived in Ghaziabad’s Vaishali Colony.
Both had gone to their Tibda to celebrate Holi and left the village for Ghaziabad on Wednesday.
When he did not reach Ghaziabad by the stipulated time, Ranpal’s brother Ratipal Singh filed a missing report at the Bibi Nagar police station.
Ghaziabad’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rural) Ravi Kumar said the police found Rekha lying dead on the ground and Ranpal hanging from a tree with a rope.
Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem and the medical reports are awaited, he said.
Sonu, a relative of Ranpal, told PTI that Ranpal had retired from the army and was working in Delhi.
Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar told PTI that the couple took a different route while going to Ghaziabad. He said that the matter is being investigated.
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