Schoolteachers Manish Pralhad Ganveer and Sonali Ganveer were found hanging from a ceiling fan in their Revati Nagar home after family failed to reach them. The pair, who married in August, had returned from their teaching posts in Gadchiroli district to celebrate the festival. Beltarodi police are actively examining the couple's mobile devices and awaiting post-mortem findings after recovering no suicide note from the locked property.
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Beltarodi police are attempting to unlock the couple's mobile phones to uncover the circu…: Beltarodi police are attempting to unlock the couple's mobile phones to uncover the circumstances behind their deaths.
Both victims worked as schoolteachers in Surjagad and had recently returned to Nagpur to…: Both victims worked as schoolteachers in Surjagad and had recently returned to Nagpur to celebrate Diwali.
No suicide note was recovered from the scene, leaving investigators dependent on upcoming…: No suicide note was recovered from the scene, leaving investigators dependent on upcoming post-mortem examination results.
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NAGPUR: A couple, both schoolteachers, were found dead at their home in Nagpur's Besa area on Sunday, days after returning from Gadchiroli to celebrate Diwali, police said.
The deceased were identified as Manish Pralhad Ganveer, 38, and his wife Sonali Ganveer, 35. The couple, who married in August this year, worked as teachers at a school in Surjagad in Gadchiroli district.
Their bodies were found hanging from a ceiling fan in the bedroom of their house in Revati Nagar, a Beltarodi police official said.
Relative alerted police after family failed to reach couple
Police said the couple had been alone at home after Manish's family left for Bihar a day earlier. When repeated attempts to contact them went unanswered, family members sent a relative to check on them on Sunday.
The relative found the house locked from outside. He managed to reach the first floor and looked through a window, where he spotted the couple hanging from the ceiling fan, each with a separate scarf.
A person who had gone to their house alerted police, the official said.
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