Man blames girl, her family for son’s suicide

Tribune News Service
Panchkula, April 5

The father of a 26-year-old youth, who died of burn injuries after setting himself ablaze in the house of a girl he wanted to marry, has filed a case against the girl and her family for abetting his son's suicide.

Sumit succumbed to his injuries at the PGIMER last evening. His father alleged that it was the girl's grandfather who had handed turpentine oil to his son and asked him to kill himself.

The case File

• On March 26, a Pinjore youth had set himself ablaze and tried to embrace the grandfather of the girl, whom he wanted to marry, following which he was taken to PGI for treatment.
• The police on the complaint of Tanya, a PhD student, had booked Sumit under Sections 307, 309 and 452 of the IPC.
• Taniya alleged that Sumit entered her house and threatened to marry her forcefully.
• She also claimed, Sumit set himself ablaze and tried to embrace her grandfather in an attempt to kill him.

"Sumit and Tanya had been in a relationship since Class 9. They had even got married in secrecy. Both the families were aware of it and had decided that the two will be married off at the right age," Sumit's father said in his complaint.

"But for the past few weeks, the girl and her family had started ignoring us. Accusing Sumit of drinking, they had refused to marry their daughter to my son," said the complainant.

"On March 26, my son had gone to meet Tanya who told him she was getting married to someone else. It was then Sumit visited their house to talk to the girl's family," the father alleged while claiming to be in possession of call details to support his claim.

"There, the girl's family instigated and encouraged Sumit to kill himself," he said. "They told him he has been like a son to them for the past 10 years and that he should do them another favour and die."

"When my son set himself ablaze, the girl's family did nothing to save him. They only witnessed the incident," the complainant told the police.

An FIR has been filed under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.

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