A case of abetment to suicide would be lodged against the youth who, after sexually exploiting, refused to marry a 21-year old girl, who subsequently committed suicide by jumping into the Upper lake.
According to police, the victim, Annapurna Kanade, who used to work at a call centre in the city, committed suicide on Saturday. A suicide note recovered revealed the reason behind her taking the extreme step.
In the suicide note, the victim has mentioned that she was in relationship with one Jitendra Thakur, her colleague at the call centre. On the pretext of marrying her, he sexually exploited her. When she asked him to marry her, he refused and started avoiding her which forced her to take extreme step, according to the note.
The victim was a resident of Habibganj. On Saturday after the body was fished out from the Upper lake police were informed and on receipt of information a police team was rushed to the spot. After preliminary investigation a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered.
Soon after, a search for the accused was started but he managed to escape and is still at large. Police have started the investigation and would question other employees of the call centre and family of the victim and accused.