A 20-year-old engineering student has been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 17-year-old girl, the daughter of an Uttar Pradesh Police officer, who jumped to her death from the second floor of Cross River Mall in east Delhi's Anand Vihar this past week.
It is alleged that the arrested man, Rinku Kumar, a native of Sirohi district of Rajasthan, had made public some of his pictures with the girl and even shared it with her father, which prompted the suicide.
Kumar is currently pursuing civil engineering from a college in Jaipur. He was arrested from Maharajpur bus station where he had come to meet a friend, said Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar.
The accused reportedly told the police that he first spoke to the girl on Facebook around two years ago. They decided to meet after talking on WhatsApp for seven months. Initially, Kumar insisted that the girl come to Jaipur, but when she refused he came to Ghaziabad instead. They met at a mall in Kaushambi before he returned to Jaipur.
Had made photos public
“They remained in touch and he came to Ghaziabad again to meet her. They clicked several pictures on their mobile phones. later, they exchanged mobile phones, which allowed him access to her contact list, including details of her father and relatives,” said a senior police officer.
When the girl’s younger brother saw the new phone, he argued with her and took it away. When he contacted Rinku, he was threatened with dire consequences. The brother of the deceased then informed his father, after which a police compliant was lodged.
The girl, meanwhile, started avoiding Rinku, who threatened to commit suicide if she stopped talking to him. Upset with his calls going unanswered, he sent the photos clicked at the mall to her relatives, whose numbers he had.
“The accused has been booked on charges of abetting the teenager’s suicide under section 306 of the IPC. We are also investigating the role of two other friends of the accused who helped him,” said the officer.
