Both the bodies have been sent for post-mortem | REUTERS image for representation

A man committed suicide after allegedly killing a 23-year-old woman in Saiyad Sarawan village in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh.

According to the local police, the family members of the woman had gone on Friday night to perform a tilak ceremony - part of her marriage rituals.

The deceased woman was alone in the house.

On Saturday morning, when they came back, the main door was locked from the inside. After banging the door for quite some time there was no response from the inside.

A family member then entered the house after climbing the wall of the house with the help of locals and saw the woman lying in the sofa with her throat slit.

The body of Chotka, a resident of neighbouring Fatehpur district was also found hanging in the same room.

The police reached the spot after being informed by the woman's family. Both the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and investigation is underway.

The locals say that Chotka was in touch with the deceased woman since past few years and was unhappy after her family fixed her marriage with some other person.

Meanwhile, speaking to media, Abhinandan, SP of the district said, "Both the bodies have been sent for post-mortem by the police. The reason behind the deaths will be cleared in the postmortem report."