Vadodara: An 18-year-old girl’s boyfriend was booked in Sankheda taluka of Chhota Udepur on Saturday, for abetting her suicide.
The girl was found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of her village on January 29. Police said that her parents were searching for her since she was last seen drying clothes behind her house on January 19.
Suspecting that she may have fled with her boyfriend, Dharampal Tarbada, the girl’s father asked Tarbada’s father to share details if he knew anything. Tarbada’s father said that his son had not fled with the girl but was working at a company in Waghodiya GIDC. Meanwhile, the search continued and on January 29 the girl’s decomposed body was found.
On Saturday, her father lodged a complaint alleging that Tarbada had pressurized his daughter to marry him due to which she committed suicide. Police said that the girl’s parents were looking for her alliance somewhere else but as Tarbada wanted to marry he pressurized her, alleged her father.
Post-mortem conducted at suicide spot
After the girl’s body was found, her father informed police and her decomposed body was brought down. Police said that the body was so decomposed that they had to call doctors at the suicide spot and conduct a panel post-mortem there.