Pathanamthitta: A 31-year-old man took his life while his girlfriend with whom he had decided to take the extreme step, backed out at the last moment in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, sources said on Tuesday.

As part of the pact, the two checked into a hotel where the man died, whereas the woman failed to muster the courage.

On Monday night, on hearing the woman's cries, the hotel employees rushed to the couple's room only to see the man hanging and blood oozing out of the woman's ears. The police immediately arrived and taken her to a local hospital, which referred her to the Kottayam Medical College hospital.

The woman said, the two had decided to die together for which they checked into a hotel where they consumed some drug and the man hanged himself to death, while the woman got afraid and started to scream.

They had checked into the hotel on Sunday, and when the woman who hails from Thiruvandapuram, failed to return home, her relatives registered a missing complaint at their local police station. A probe has been initiated into the incident.

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