Hyderabad, June 1 -- An extra-marital affair between a school teacher named Sujatha, 45, and her supposed lover, Rajesh, 25, an engineering student, is suspected to be the reason behind their suicides that transpired over the past week.

D S Chauhan, Rachakonda police commissioner, told media persons that one year ago Rajesh, who was staying in Chaitanyapuri and is a native of Mulugu district, dialled Sujatha's phone number by mistake and they began speaking. An innocuous call soon turned into a full-fledged love affair.

Both of them soon got acquainted with each other and started chatting on the phone regularly. Sujatha and Rajesh started meeting and got into a relationship. Slowly Sujatha realized that their relationship was a waste as...