Woman dies, youth battling for life after consuming poison

Prayagraj: A 20-year-old married woman died on Wednesday evening while her 28-year-old alleged lover was battling for life at SRN Hospital after they consumed some poisonous substance near High Court Road under the Civil Lines police station jurisdiction on Wednesday afternoon.
SP (City) Dinesh Kumar Singh told TOI that the couple belonging to Hardoi district had arrived in the city on Wednesday morning and approached a local lawyer to submit an application before the High Court to have their court marriage formalised on Wednesday itself.
When the lawyer told them that legal proceedings would take some time, the couple reached the court road and consumed the poisonous substances which they were carrying with them.
Upon being alerted, the local police first took the couple to Colvin hospital from where the doctors referred them to SRN Hospital for treatment. The woman died during the treatment.
Police said that a case of elopement with the woman was pending against the youth, Shamshad (28), a resident of Arwal Pooraratan village, with Arwal police station of Hardoi district.
The marriage of the deceased woman was already solemnized by the family members about six months back and she had reportedly run away with her lover from Hardoi to Prayagraj, police said.