The bodies of a young couple was discovered hanging from a tree at Madarganj upazila in Jamalpur, Bangladesh in a suspected suicide.

Locals discovered the bodies of Sujan Mia, 25, and Joya Akhtar, 22, from Nalachhiya village under the upazila on Wednesday.

They immediately informed the  Madarganj police who responded and brought down the bodies.

When the families of the couple did not show up at the police station, police filed an unnatural death case and sent the bodies to Jamalpur General Hospital for autopsies.

Police suspect the couple committed suicide after their families refused to accept their marriage.