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Couple Found Hanging in Separate Rooms in Dholpur; Police Suspect Suicide
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News18•28-09-2026, 21:30
Couple Found Hanging in Separate Rooms in Dholpur; Police Suspect Suicide
- •Balram Meena, 40, a branch manager with United India Insurance Company, and his wife Saroj Meena, were found dead in their rented accommodation in Dholpur.
- •Police suspect the couple died by suicide, with a diary recovered from the flat containing notes to family members, including "we will live and die together."
- •Balram had been absent from work since September 21, and an audit team found a suspected irregularity related to an insurance claim during an inspection of his office.
- •The couple's bodies were discovered by Balram's friend, Pushpendra Meena, after he noticed unusual social media updates.
- •The investigation is ongoing, with police examining all angles of the case.
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Balram’s friend Pushpendra Meena went to the couple's flat after noticing unusual social media status updates posted by Balram on Monday and subsequently alerted the police.
Police recovered a diary containing 10 to 12 pages of notes addressed to family members and others, including phrases like 'we will live and die together'.
Before his death, an audit team from Jaipur inspected Balram's office for three to four days, during which a suspected irregularity related to an insurance claim came to light.