<p> Driven to desperation because their parents wouldn't accept their relationship, a young couple belonging to different castes exchanged marriage vows and then committed suicide, police said here.<br /><br />The latest instance of caste rearing its ugly head in the state took place yesterday in Gora Bikniya village under Jaitipur police station area here.<br /><br />Atul (22) and Sumitra (18) belonged to the same village but were from different castes, a fact that was unnacceptable to both sets of parents.<br /><br />Both left their homes yesterday afternoon and reached a temple outside the village and consumed poison after exchanging marriage vows before the deity, SP Rural Ramesh Bhartiya said.<br /><br />Sumitra somehow reached her home. Learning of what had happened, her family rushed both of them to Tilhar hospital where they died, the SP said.<br /><br />He added that they left a suicide note stating that they were ending their lives after getting married as their families were not letting them stay together because of different castes.<br />The bodies have been sent for post mortem examination, he added</p>
<p> Driven to desperation because their parents wouldn't accept their relationship, a young couple belonging to different castes exchanged marriage vows and then committed suicide, police said here.<br /><br />The latest instance of caste rearing its ugly head in the state took place yesterday in Gora Bikniya village under Jaitipur police station area here.<br /><br />Atul (22) and Sumitra (18) belonged to the same village but were from different castes, a fact that was unnacceptable to both sets of parents.<br /><br />Both left their homes yesterday afternoon and reached a temple outside the village and consumed poison after exchanging marriage vows before the deity, SP Rural Ramesh Bhartiya said.<br /><br />Sumitra somehow reached her home. Learning of what had happened, her family rushed both of them to Tilhar hospital where they died, the SP said.<br /><br />He added that they left a suicide note stating that they were ending their lives after getting married as their families were not letting them stay together because of different castes.<br />The bodies have been sent for post mortem examination, he added</p>