Teacher couple who came to Nagpur for Diwali found hanging at home

A teacher couple who had come to Nagpur to celebrate Diwali with their family died by suicide by hanging, causing alarm in the area.

The couple have been identified as Manish Ganveer and Sonali Ganveer. Both worked as teachers at a school in Surjagad in Gadchiroli district. They had come to Nagpur to spend the festival with their families.

It was a second marriage for both. Manish and Sonali had each been divorced earlier, and they remarried in August.

The incident took place in a house under the Beltarodi police station limits. According to the information available, the two shut the door of the house and hanged themselves with a dupatta. Some relatives who came to meet them for Diwali discovered what had happened.

The reason for the extreme step is not yet clear.

Police have registered a case of accidental death and begun an investigation. They are trying to establish whether it was indeed suicide or whether foul play was involved, and are looking into both possibilities.