Deer Park incident: Locals raise concerns over possible foul play, demand strict punishment

NEW DELHI: The shocking incident where the bodies of a boy and girl were found hanging from a tree in Deer Park, Southwest district, has raised concerns among residents of the area, with some of them questioning the police’s suicide theory.

Ashok Kumar, a local resident, expressed alarm over the incident and called for strict punishment so that such incidents are not repeated.

“Someone said that an incident has happened, so I came here and saw this. If someone has done this to them they should be punished, so that this type of incident does not happen again. This is condemnable and scary, we people also come to this park, we are of age but sometimes people come in here and do things, so we are scared,” Ashok told ANI, a regular visitor of the park.

Krishna Dutt, another regular visitor to the park, raised doubts about the police’s suicide theory, asserting that it seemed unlikely for the two young individuals to have taken their own lives from the tree branch.

Krishna Dutt, another visitor, however, has claimed that it is not possible to die by suicide from the tree the two people were found on, “We asked the police, they said that it looks like a suicide, there was a rope kept there. The way they are saying, it doesn’t seem possible–suicide by hanging from this, one can see the shape of the tree.”

Two 17-year-olds, a boy and a girl were found hanging on a tree branch in the Hauz Khas area under the SJ Enclave Police Station on Sunday, Delhi police officials said.

A 35-year-old security guard working in the area called the police around 6:30 AM regarding the hanging of a boy and girl.

“At 06:31 AM, a PCR call was made by Baljit Singh, R/o Hauz Khas Village, Delhi, age 35 years, working as a security guard in district park, Deer Park, Hauz Khas, Delhi, regarding a boy and a girl hanging on the branch of a tree,” read a statement from Delhi Police.

#WATCH | Delhi | At 6.31 am today, Baljit Singh, Deer Park security guard, informed the police regarding the bodies of a boy and a girl hanging on the branch of a tree. Police staff reached the spot & found that a boy and a girl, aged about 17 years hanged themselves with the… https://t.co/HOdfCw8X4O pic.twitter.com/3PhnnqF3Jv

— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2025

The police team, reaching the spot immediately found the two hanging. The police suspected death by suicide, however, further proceedings are under way.

“On receipt of the call, police staff immediately reached the spot and found that a boy age about 17 years, wearing a black T-shirt, and blue jeans and a girl is about 17 years, wearing a green dress hanged themselves with the common nylon rope on a branch of a tree,” read the statement.

The crime team was called for an inspection and the bodies of the two have been shifted to the mortuary, police said. (ANI)