Salem: A woman and paramour died because of suicide by jumping in front of the passenger train near Ponmamapet here in the early hours of Saturday.
Police Salem Railway identified the deceased as M Sathya, 23, from Jalan Pillahiyarkoil Kundu in Ammapet, and R Vishnu, 27, from the side of Street in the same area.
Sathya married Kumar Sathish, 28, from Namamalai, four years ago.
They have a two-year-old baby.
“Sathya developed a relationship with Wisnu, a temporary worker with Salem Municipal Corporation, about two years ago.
When Sathish came to find out, he filed a complaint with the Ammapet police.
During the investigation, Sathya said he wanted to leave her husband and go with his parents,” said a police officer.
Meanwhile, Wisnu’s parents planned a wedding for him with another woman.
Upset on this, Wisnu and Sathya jumped before the Yashvantput-Puducherry weekly passenger train, the officer added.