A young couple was found dead inside a parked car with multiple injuries in Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar district on Thursday, prompting police to investigate both murder and suicide angles.
The deceased were identified as Ritik Soni and Muskan, both residents of Ashoknagar. According to police, Ritik was found in the driver's seat with a bullet wound to his head and burn injuries on his face, while Muskan was seated beside him with her throat slit.
Muskan's family
told police that she had left home on Wednesday afternoon to go to the gym but failed to return. After repeated attempts to contact her proved unsuccessful, the family lodged a missing person complaint at the Kotwali police station.
Ritik's family informed police that he had returned to Ashoknagar from Indore around 15 days ago. "When I reached the spot early in the morning, my son's body was inside the car," Ritik's father, Rakesh Soni, said, demanding a fair and impartial investigation.