Chandigarh: Rape convict commits suicide

  • | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

The suicide note recovered from the crime scene has been sent for forensic review. CHANDIGARH: A 32-year-old disabled man, who happens to be a rape convict, committed suicide in his house at Arjun Nagar area under Model Town police station of Panipat on Saturday. "We have started investigations after registering a case of abetment to commit suicide. When he did not come out till Saturday afternoon, the family members broke open the door and found his body hanging with a hook. A case was registered against him on the complaint of girl’s grandmother.

CHANDIGARH: A 32-year-old disabled man, who happens to be a rape convict, committed suicide in his house at Arjun Nagar area under Model Town police station of Panipat on Saturday. The victim's body was found hanging with ceiling fan of his room.In a suicide note addressed to additional district and sessions judge, the victim had requested to do justice to him and blamed three persons including the grandmother of a minor girl whom he had raped, and two others. "Whether I shall get justice or not, I leave all this on you,’’ the concluding line of the suicide note read as.SHO, Model Town police station, inspector Amit Kumar said that body of the deceased had been handed over to family after autopsy. "We have started investigations after registering a case of abetment to commit suicide. The suicide note recovered from the crime scene has been sent for forensic review. The accused named in the case are yet to join the interrogations,’’ said Amit Kumar.According to information, the victim was a junior teacher in a private school. In January 2015, he was booked for raping an 11-year-old living near his house. A case was registered against him on the complaint of girl’s grandmother. Consequently, he was convicted and sentenced to ten year of rigorous imprisonment by the court.In last December, he was released on bail on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court. Since then, he had been working in the same school.Victim’s brother Vijay informed police that ever since he was released on bail, he was being tortured by the rape survivor’s grandmother her accomplice and a local depot holder. On Friday night, he had gone to the room. When he did not come out till Saturday afternoon, the family members broke open the door and found his body hanging with a hook.

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