Two arrested for abetment to suicide of 18-year-old

Two shop owners in Dadar, Mumbai have been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of an 18-year-old man. The victim's head was allegedly shaved by his previous employer, who was angered when the youngster asked for his salary. The employer then allegedly gave money to the victim's present employer, who assaulted the victim and stripped him. The victim managed to flee and hide in a public toilet where he found a towel, went home and then allegedly killed himself.

Mumbai: A ration shop owner and a paan shop owner have been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of an 18-year-old man in Dadar, according to NM Joshi Marg police.

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The ration shop owner has been identified as Chhotelal Phulchand Prajapati and the paan shop owner is Santosh Chaurasiya, said the police.

According to the police, Pankaj Ramraj Jaiswar, 18, a resident of Kamgar Nagar, had died by suicide on April 6. The police and the family of the deceased had found that the boy’s head was shaven.

Later, his father, Ramraj, who works as driver with a tours and travel company, inquired and found that his son’s head was allegedly shaved by his previous employer, Prajapati, who was angered because the youngster had asked for his salary.

Ramraj alleged that an angered Prajapati had given money to Pankaj’s present employer Chaurasiya and got his son’s head tonsured. Later, they assaulted the youngster and stripped him. Pankaj managed to flee and hide in a public toilet where he found a towel, wrapping it around him, he went home and then allegedly killed himself.