Upset over hearing about his girlfriend’s suicide, a 21-year-old cab driver allegedly hanged himself to death on Monday night in his residence at Khichdipur near Kalyanpuri in East Delhi.
According to the reports, young Deepak, who worked as a driver with an app-based cab aggregator, was in a long-distance relationship with the woman for the past two-and-half years. The couple had met through a common friend and remained in contact with each other over cellphone.
A few days back he had gone to Hathras, where his girl friend lived. He came to know there that his girlfriend had committed suicide and returned to Delhi on Monday where he ended his life the same night.
The man believed the information because he found his girlfriend mobile phone switched off when he tried to contact her. He was upset when he returned to his room.
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Around 11 pm, the man’s relative went to check on him and found him hanging from the ceiling fan in the room. The relative raised an alarm after which some neighbours rushed the man to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead
Reports claim that an inquest proceedings under section 174 of CrPC has been initiated in the matter. It is yet to be confirmed whether his “girlfriend” indeed committed suicide or is alive. Woman’s identity is yet to be established and verified.
