Jilted lover kills girl, hangs self to death in Zirakpur

Zirakpur, May 31

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A jilted lover allegedly murdered a girl and then hanged himself to death at a flat in Rishi Apartments on the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway this evening.

Deceased Aditya (28), a resident of Shamli, UP, was reportedly in a relationship with Chandigarh girl Monika Rathi (27) for the past sometime and was insisting her to marry him. However, the girl’s family was against the marriage after which the girl, an IT professional in Chennai, refused to marry him. Her parents had fixed her marriage for June 13.

Around 4 pm today, Aditya reportedly called up the girl to meet her at the society flat before her marriage. The duo had an argument over the matter following which Aditya tried to shoot her with a country-made .32 bore pistol, but it malfunctioned. In a fit of rage, the 28-year-old hit her with the butt of the pistol on the head repeatedly to death. Aditya, later, hanged himself to death from the ceiling fan of the room.

The incident came to light when Aditya’s friend Shant, who had rented the flat, came back around 8 pm and found both of them dead and reported the matter to the police. Neighbours said Shant had taken the accommodation on rent and Aditya had moved in recently.

The police have taken the bodies into custody and have kept them in the mortuary of the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi. The incident created panic in the housing society.

Zirakpur SHO Deepinder Singh Brar said, “Aditya and Monika were in a relationship. Monika’s family did not agree to their marriage and had arranged her marriage elsewhere. Aditya was pressuring Monika to get married, but she did not want to get married against her family’s wishes.”

The police said before committing the crime, Aditya had reportedly sent a voice message to his aunt informing her that he was going to take the extreme step which he had been compelled to take.

The police said Shant told them that Aditya used to meet her in the flat. Today, he had gone out around 4 pm. When he came back around 8 pm, he found both of them dead in the house.

A case under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Zirakpur police station.