Summoned by cops, minor girl, boyfriend die by suicide
Agartala, Apr 26: A minor girl and her 21-year-old boyfriend "died consuming poison on being summoned to a police station" in Tripura's Gomati district, an officer stated on Monday, according to news agency PTI.
The duo was summoned last Friday in the wake of a complaint lodged by the 17-year-old girl's father, he said.
Ananda Chakma, a resident of South Tripura's Sabroom subdivision, was in a relationship with the girl from Dhalai district for quite some time, the officer said.
They eloped recently, following which the girl's father filed a complaint at Gandacherra police station in Dhalai district, alleging that her daughter had been kidnapped.
Acting on the complaint, police carried out searches and located the couple in Kaptali, around 30 km from Silacherra police station in Gomati district.
Accordingly, the couple and their parents were summoned on Friday, Officer in Charge (OC) of Silacherra police station, Srikanta Rudrapaul, told PTI on Monday.
"Anticipating
trouble,
the
duo
had
consumed
poison.
They
threw
up
inside
the
police
station,"
he
said.
"Both
were
immediately
rushed
to
hospitals.
The
girl
died
on
Sunday
night
at
Gomati
district
hospital,
while
the
boy
died
at
GBP
hospital,
Agartala,
on
Monday.
No
case
has
been
registered
in
connection
with
the
tragic
incident,"
he
added.
(PTI)
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