Bengaluru, Aug. 6 -- Police have launched an investigation after two Nepali women, who had recently migrated to Bengaluru for work, were found hanging from a tree in the Yelahanka area on Thursday morning, August 6.

The victims, identified as 24-year-olds Sirijana and Rita, were discovered hanging from a tree near a hotel at Shivanahalli in Jakkur. Police personnel reached the spot after receiving information from local residents and shifted the bodies to the government hospital for autopsy.

Investigators said the women were related and had travelled together from Nepal to Bengaluru about a month ago in search of better employment opportunities. Although they arrived together, they had been living separately in different parts of the ci...