MORINDA, Oct 29: A couple eluding their families for more than a month, ended their life after they were arrested here on Wednesday.The deceased, Jaswinder Singh, 45, and Sarabjit Kaur, a minor, allegedly consumed a pesticide shortly after they were taken in police custody. They were immediately rushed to the local hospital where they bothdied.However, according to Morinda SHO Sukhjit Singh, the couple had consumed pesticide before the arrest and their condition deteriorated while they were being taken to the police station, where a case of abduction was registered against Jaswinder Singh on September 29 by the girl's father, Gurmeet Singh. The police said on seeing their condition, costable Gurcharan Singh had rushed them to the local hospital where they died.Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Singh has instructed SP Jagdish Singh Kahlon to verify the possibility of the two having died in police custody. However, inquiries made at the hospital revealed that there were no injuries on the bodies of the deceased and the report from Roopnagar Civil Hospital, where the post-mortem was conducted, said the reason for their death was the consumption of some pesticide.Sarabjit's family had objected to her relationship with Jaswinder because he was married and had a family at Pathreri village. When she eloped with him, her father had registered a case of abduction with the Morinda police stating that his daughter was a minor. The police had managed to arrest the two on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Jaswinder's father, Mehar Singh, has been absconding ever since his son eloped with the girl, police sources said.
