PUNE: Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday demanded that the Pune police should thoroughly investigate and bring to the fore the truth behind the mysterious death of a 22-year-old woman after falling from the first-floor balcony of a society building at the Mohammadwadi area during the wee hours of Monday.
The police prima facie said it was a case of suicide. But the social media is abuzz with posts about the girl’s relationship with a minister in the state government as the possible cause of her taking the extreme step.
“This is becoming a serious issue. I am told that there are several posts on social media related to the incident. I expect the Pune police to immediately investigate the matter and bring out the truth before people,” Fadnavis told reporters when asked about the incident.
Without naming any individual, he said, “The Pune police, in no manner, should try to suppress the matter considering that a young woman has died by suicide and there is suspicion about the circumstances leading to her death.”
The young woman, an arts graduate who had shifted from Parli in Beed district to Pune on January 30 for undertaking a spoken English course, had died of head and spinal cord injuries after falling from the first-floor balcony of the society building around 1.30am on Monday. The balcony was at a height of 15 feet.
Senior inspector Deepak Lagad of the Wanowrie police had then said, “Based on prima facie circumstances, we suspect it to be a case of death by suicide and have registered a case of accidental death.”
Lagad told TOI on Thursday, “We have recorded statements of the girl’s parents, her brother and her friend but none of them have named or levelled any allegation of the kind circulating on the social media. We are conducting an inquiry into the social media posts related to the girl’s death to identify their source.”