The bodies of two couples were found in two different incidents in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police said.

The bodies of Kiran Yadav, 16, and Rajesh Yadav, 19, residents of Firozpur village, were found on Ghazipur railway tracks in the morning. They had gone missing from their homes on Thursday.

In a similar incident, the bodies of Roshni, 17, and Shyamlal, 22, were found on the Lucknow-Kanpur railway tracks in Unnao.

The deceased were apparently in love and were being opposed by their families.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem and police is probing the matter.