LUCKNOW, March 2 -- A 25-year-old man died by suicide two days after his girlfriend was killed in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district on Saturday, police confirmed on Sunday.

Police said the incident occurred in the Lambhua police station area, in Bhagirath Patti of Ghatampur Uttari village. The deceased man's body was found hanging from a tree in an orchard about 8 km from his village on Saturday. His body was recovered after police traced his mobile phone location following a missing person complaint filed by his family.

According to family members, the deceased had been in a relationship for nearly three years with a 22-year-old girl, who worked with him at a garment shop in Ghatampur. On February 25, she died in a ...