Man arrested for abetting suicide of 17-­year­-old girl

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad police on Sunday arrested a 22-year-old man on charges of abetting the suicide of a 17-year-old BBA student.

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The girl jumped off from a mall in East Delhi on the evening of September 21. She reportedly left her house in Ghaziabad following a tiff with her parents. She left behind a suicide note which was recovered later.

The police on Sunday arrested Rinku Kumar Meena, who recently completed BTech and is the son of a farmer from Jaipur. The girl, who was studying at a college in Noida, is the daughter of a sub inspector with provincial armed constabulary at Ghaziabad and her family hails from Baghpat.

Her father had lodged an FIR at Indirapuram police station against an unidentified man for kidnapping under section 363 of IPC after the girl left her house.

“Her father said that an unidentified man sent threatening messages and a picture of the girl with a young man,” said Rajesh Kumar, officiating superintendent of police (city).

Police said the photos which the accused sent to her father were general pictures taken outside a mall in Ghaziabad that showed the girl with Ritesh Gaur, a friend of the accused.

In the suicide note, reportedly addressed to her parents, the girl stated her mother said something which pinched her heart.

“I hid things as I never wanted to disturb you... I admit I made a mistake by speaking to him... and my mistake cannot be rectified now. All this drama started because of me and will now end with me..,” the note said.

The police arrested Rinku with the help of electronic surveillance and also called his friend Gaur, a BTech student, for questioning.

The police said the accused would be booked for a betting suicide and criminal intimidation as he sent threatening messages to the girl’s brother after she snapped communication with him around 7-8 months back following family pressure.