A television actress and her model friend allegedly committed suicide separately on Wednesday night in Guwahati. 42-year-old Jharna Choudhury Bishaya, a soap actor on TV, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at the railway quarter of her husband at Uzan Bazaar area of the city.

Sources said hours after Jharna’s death, the body of model Vishal Hazarika, 24, was found hanging at Sati Radhika Park on the bank of Brahmaputra in Uzan Bazaar here around 8.30 am on Thursday.

According to sources Jharna, who lived with her husband at a railway quarter at Uzanbazar, had developed an extramarital affair with Vishal. However, police said that they were still unclear about the circumstances that led to these suicides.

According to sources, it was Vishal, who first saw her hanging from a ceiling fan in the quarter and took her to hospital, where the doctor declared her brought dead. Sources said the complication in her relation with Vishal might force her to take the extreme step.