India, June 25 -- The bodies of a 40-year-old village talathi and a 17-year-old girl were found at the foot of a cliff in the Junnar area of Pune district, with police suspecting that it was a suicide.

Ramchandra Sahebrao Pardhi, posted as talathi or revenue official at Shrigonda in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra, and Rupali Kuthal, who belonged to Junnar tehsil, were suspected to have jumped off a cliff in Ambe-Hatvij, said a police official on Tuesday.

Local villagers thought that something was wrong when Pardhi's car remained parked near the top of the cliff for three to four days, and a pair of slippers were found nearby.

When a search was carried out in the valley, the two bodies were found at a depth of about 1200 feet.

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