Kidnapping accused ends life inside police lock-up

Rajkot: A 23-year-old man who was arrested for kidnapping a woman allegedly committed suicide inside the lock-up of Vanda police station in Amreli district on Thursday. Saddam Agvan, who killed himself in the lock-up’s bathroom, was arrested with three others on June 20.
Agvan and others were caught by the Vanda police after the 21-year-old woman Sheetal Goswami's brother Harshad lodged a complaint against him on June 18. The police arrested his three friends Jashu Khuman, Pravin Rangani and Naresh Khadak, who were all lodged with him in the lock-up.

Amreli superintendent of police (SP) Himkar Singh said Agvan had been harassing Goswami since February and forcing her to keep relationship with him. He had threatened to kill her brother if she did not meet him at the specified time and place.
The woman had revealed this to the family when they checked her mobile phone which she used late at night several times to answer calls. Goswami told them she was refusing to keep any relationship with the accused as they were from different faiths. But Saddam continued to harass her and insisted on marriage.
On getting to know about Saddam, Goswami’s family met his parents in Dhar village where they lived and his father even reprimanded him.
The family did not lodge a complaint earlier they were preparing for Goswami's engagement and feared societal shame.