Retired judge P Sudhakar and his wife Varalakshmi allegedly ended their lives by jumping before a train between Tirupati and Renigunta in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, reports said.
A purported note from Sudhakar claimed that he had taken the decision because of a health ailment, the daily reported. Sudhakar was a former additional senior civil judge in Tirupati before he was promoted to the post of additional district judge.
Deputy Superintendent of Railway Police Ramesh Babu said 56-year-old Varalakshmi ended her life at life at the same spot after she was told that her 62-year-old husband had killed himself, Hindustan Times reported.
The couple used to live in an apartment in Tiruchanuru. They are survived by a son and a daughter.
Police said they have sent the bodies for a postmortem examination and are investigating the matter.
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