Surat: Scolded by dad for venturing out, teen ends life

Yagnesh Bharat Mehta | TNN | Updated: May 2, 2020, 08:47 IST

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SURAT: A 19-year-old diamond artisan committed suicide by jumping into Tapi River on Friday, allegedly because he was fed up of being pulled up by his father for frequently going out despite lockdown.
The teenager, Ajay Dholakiya, had left his house in Hastinapur Society in Kapodra on Thursday after his father gave him a earful again.
When he did not return, his family members started searching for him and found his chappals on Kapodra bridge. They feared that he might have some drastic step and approached Kapodra police station. They told police that Dholakiya was going out to see his girlfriend who lives in locality near their house.
On Friday, his body was fished out by a team of Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES). Police recovered a suicide note from his pocket in which Dholakiya stated that he is ending his life due to ‘love problem.’ In the note he also requested his brother Chirag to take care of their parents, said the police.