Amritsar couple, man kill self; blame police in suicide notes

Amritsar, October 10

Three persons, including a couple, took their lives here today. Interestingly, the victims in their suicide notes blamed police officials for taking the extreme step.

The deceased have been identified as Rajinder Kumar, his wife Sunita Mannan, both residents of the Sundar Nagar area, and Vikramjit Singh, alias Vicky. Kumar and his wife were upset over alleged police inaction in arresting their son-in-law Nitin Dutta, who allegedly killed their daughter Sarika Mannan in 2015. In a suicide note, the couple alleged the police had failed to nab Dutta over the past five years. Besides, the note read the latter’s parents, who were arrested on the charge of dowry death, had come out on bail after serving three-and-a-half years in prison.

The Mohkampura police had done a “shoddy” probe into the matter, read the note, adding that Nitin’s family knew about his whereabouts, but the police weren’t questioning them.

The deceased’s son, Sandeep Kumar, has demanded the arrest of Dutta, his parents and other suspects involved in the crime. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Harpal Singh said it was wrong to blame the police, as following their probe, Nitin’s parents were sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by the court. Nitin was declared a proclaimed offender in the case and efforts were on to nab him, he added.

In another incident, Vicky of Nawapind village on the Mehta road took his life in a hotel room located on the Batala road here. A suicide note recovered from the scene held a woman sub-inspector responsible for driving him to suicide.

The note read he was perturbed as the cop was blackmailing him. Besides, she had taken Rs 18 lakh from him in the past. The family of the deceased alleged SI Sandeep Kaur had been harassing him for some time. The police said a case of abetment to suicide had been filed against the SI. — TNS