A 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman were found dead at Deer Park, south-west Delhi, on Sunday, said a police officer.

The deceased has been identified as Deepak, a resident of Pillanji village near Sarojini Nagar, and Sirjana, a resident of Chhatarpur.

The officer said prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide.

A PCR call was received at 6.31 a.m. from a security guard who first spotted the bodies. A forensics team was alerted, and the bodies were shifted to the mortuary for postmortem, said the officer

Deepak was working at a pizza shop in Lodhi Colony and had left his house around 2 p.m. on Saturday. Sapna has been staying at her aunt’s Humayunpur village in Safdarjung Enclave for the last three days.

A police officer said, per the initial investigation, the duo were in a relationship and belonged to the same caste. However, the officer added that their families opposed their marriage as their same gotra (lineage).

Police have registered a case and initiated investigations. Several visitors to the park raised concerns over the security.

Former MLA and AAP leader Somnath Bharti took to social media platform X, “DDA’s deployed security officials have again proven to be useless.”

(Those in distress may contact Sanjivini, Society for Mental Health suicide prevention helpline 011-40769002.)