A day after the shocking incident where a youth had shot himself and his fiancée dead in Nainital on Tuesday, another youth, native of Sonipat (Haryana), died after his girlfriend consumed poison (sulfur tablets) in Dehradun on Wednesday. However, the girl, a minor-survived the suicide attempt. She was stated to be out of danger. Ashish (21) and his girl friend, both natives of Haryana, reached Dehradun on Tuesday evening. They consumed poison together in Kuawala forest area under Harrawala Police post, Doiwala.
Harrawala police officer said that according to the girl who was convalescing in a hospital, they had eloped together to marry in Haridwar. They remained edgy as the parents of the girl blocking the marriage because of their being from different castes.
Police rushed in after local residents had informed them of a couple lying unconscious in the Kuawala forest area. They were rushed to a local hospital by 108 Ambulance. Ashish was declared brought dead by doctors while girl was treated and then referred to Doon Hospital.
Sources in the police department said that both eloped from their homes and reached Haridwar to marry. However, the situation turned grim for them as the money they had brought from homes was spent in two days since their elopement. They were, at the same time, determined not to go back homes. Finding themselves thus bogged in a hole, they mutually decided to end life by consuming poison together. With this intention, the couple reached Kuawala area on Tuesday evening. They were supposed to have consumed poison around 4 am on Wednesday. The boy had consumed seven sulfur tablets while the girl had taken two, according to police.
Police took the body of Ashish from the hospital and sent it for postmortem examination, said Harrawala police post in-charge Manjul Rawat. Both the families have been informed about the incident. As of now, police are waiting for the postmortem examination getting over. Things will be cleared after their parents reach Dehradun, he added.
It may be mentioned that a youth had shot himself and his fiancé dead in the latter’s residence in Nainital on Tuesday. They were recently got engaged to get married in October. The motive of the desperate act on the part of the youth who worked in Dubai is not yet clear with police probing the case from different angles.
Such back-to-back incidents of lovers going on self-annihilation spree has sent shock waves across the state with the psychologists counseling the parents against running roughshod over the emotions of their children by clinging to outdated concepts like caste.