LUCKNOW, Nov. 3 -- A 21-year-old man and his alleged 15-year-old girlfriend were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Bijnor district late Saturday night, with both hands of the minor missing. Police said the two had allegedly hanged themselves together with the same rope in an agricultural field. They added that the girl's body had fallen to the ground and her hands were likely eaten by wild animals.

According to Bijnor superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Jha, the bodies were found in a field near Lakshiwala village on Dharanagar-Ganj Road under City Kotwali limits. The two had reportedly eloped from their homes about six days earlier. The decomposed bodies appeared to be at least three days old, the SP said, adding that prel...