Bodies of a 20-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl with bullet injuries on their temples were recovered from a footpath near Green Park, adjacent to the Tata Pigments Limited gate early on Wednesday morning. Police suspect that the duo may have shot each other in a dramatic attempt to commit suicide.
Morning walkers noticed the bodies around 5.30am. They found a pistol in the right hand of the girl. While the boy had sustained bullet injury on right side of his temple the girl had bullet injury on the left side.
The boy was later identified as Bagbera Lal Building resident, Saroj Kumar Upadhyay (20) a B A part II student of Jamshedpur Cooperative College and the girl was identified as Simran Kumari (17) a tenth grader at Sakchi-based Dayanand Public School and a resident of River View Colony near Baroda Ghat, also in Bagbera.
“Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide as the parents of the girl have recovered a note which says “Sorry mujhe maaf kar dijiye” (sorry forgive me), however, we are probing the case from different angles. We have seized the mobile of the youth from the spot to study call details record. We will also check the footages of CCTV installed near the Tata Pigment Limited gate to find out the exact nature of the crime. We have recovered three empty cartridges from the spot” said Officer In-Charge of Jugsalai Police Station, Nityanand Mahato.
The parents of the deceased youths have refused to accept any possibility of suicide.
“I am in a state of shock. I cannot believe that my son would commit suicide. He was very bold. We had dinner together last night and there was nothing unusual in his behavior. As per his schedule he left house at 3.30 am for morning walk but never returned. I got doubts after 6 am and informed my son who enquired with other youths who informed about recovery of a body and later it was identified as my son. There was no mental tension, he can never end his life like this,” said Dipender Kumar Upadhyay, who owns a borewell unit.
The girl’s parents also were surprised at the suicide angle.
“She was very happy with her life. There was no reason for her to end her life. We had dinner and all of us went to sleep. I didn’t even know when she went out of the house. I want the police to investigate thoroughly,” said a relative of the deceased girl.
