Ayodhya Nagar police have arrested two persons for abetment to suicide in the incident related to suicide by a 24-year-old youth on June 24 who stabbed himself to commit suicide. The investigation revealed accused used to provide drugs on credit and were pressurising him to pay for drugs
Police said that the deceased Pankaj Yadav was brought to hospital in an injured state and died during treatment. It was found that he committed suicide.
During the investigation police arrested Ali Hasan and Lesli Edward who are drug dealers and used to provide drugs to Pankaj who was addicted to drugs. He used to run a tea stall which got closed in the lockdown and he ran out of money. After the shop was closed he used to consume drugs round the clock and the two used to provide drugs on credit and would ask to pay for the drugs and deceased would assure that after lockdown he would pay.
On the day of the suicide the three met and after having drugs the two started to demand for money which frustrated Pankaj and he stabbed himself resulting in his death.
In the initial investigation, police found that the deceased committed suicide at and registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.
The police have registered case of abetment to suicide against the two and started to investigate drug trafficking. Edward would provide drugs to Ali who used to deliver them to the customers.