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Facing the ire of his family members over his affair with his own 38-year-old aunt, a 23-year-old youth allegedly killed the woman before committing suicide.
The bodies of the woman and her nephew were recovered from a vacant plot in Bhavnapur area of Meerut district early Saturday morning.
The local residents suspected that both were murdered for family `honour' but the police after preliminary investigation said that the youth killed his aunt and then ended his own life.
Reports said that some villagers found the bodies of a woman and a youth lying in a secluded place in Lalpur hamlet of Bhavnapur in Meerut early on Saturday morning.
While the woman was shot in the chest, the young man had a bullet injury on his head.
The villagers informed the police and the cops rushed to the spot and within a few minutes, they identified both the victims with the help of local residents.
The deceased woman was identified as Gulshan, wife of Yasmeen, and the youth as Alisher's son Khushanud alias Guddu and nephew of Gulshan, all residents of Lalpur village in Thana Bhawanpur,.  
Police said both of them were shot at around 05:30 hours and the bodies were found in the vacant plot of one Dharamveer.
The cops also claimed to have recovered a suicide note from the pocket of the deceased and that a pistol used in the killing was found lying by the youth's side.
According to police, Guddu was having a love affair with his aunt Gulshan living in his neighborhood. When the families of both came to know about this, they started opposing it. At times Guddu was caught red-handed with Gulshan.
Reports said that SP (Rural) Keshav Mishra, CO Sadar Dehat Poonam Sirohi and police station in-charge arrived at the scene along with a forensic team to collect evidence.
According to the SP (Rural), a voice message sent to the mobile of the deceased to his brother's mobile at five in the morning was also found. In the message, Guddu spoke about suicide.
The police sent both the bodies for post-mortem. Police said the entire case was being investigated on the basis of facts and appropriate action would be taken.