Ahmedabad: Man booked for ex-girlfriend’s suicide

AHMEDABAD: Distressed after her boyfriend left her and married someone else, a 17-year-old girl, an FYBCom student, killed herself suicide by jumping into the Narmada Canal near Zundal on February 2. Adalaj police registered a case of abetment of suicide against Hardik Chaudhary of Gunja village in Mehsana.
According to the FIR, the daughter of a bank employee, the girl and her mother went for a walk outside their housing colony on February 2. “When her mother returned, the girl’s father asked her about the girl. The mother told him that the girl had, halfway into the walk, told her that she was not feeling well and was going home. The father then checked and saw that her scooter was missing,” said a police official.
Her parents, brother and neighbours looked for her and found her scooter and dupatta near the canal. “On February 4, her body was found in the Narmada minor canal passing through Nadoliya and Agol villages,” said an Adalaj police official. A case of accidental death was registered by Adalaj police.
During the investigation, after questioning her friends, police learned that she had been in a relationship with Hardik, who had left her and married another woman. “This had made her upset and she committed suicide,” a police official said.