A 21-year-old woman was allegedly pushed off the balcony of her house by a jilted lover when she refused to accept his marriage proposal at Outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri on Monday evening.
The girl was rushed to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital where she is stated to be critical.
According to a senior police official, the accused, Amit befriended the victim on Facebook one and a half years ago. Police said they have arrested the accused.
According to police, the incident took place around 9 pm in the Avantika Enclave apartments where the girl lived with her family. The accused allegedly entered the girls house forcefully with two women and a man and started arguing with the girl and her family to accept his marriage proposal. Sources said that in a fit of rage, Amit allegedly pushed the girl from the balcony of the first floor.
locals and neighbours present at the spot found the 21-year old girl lying in a pool of blood. When Amit and his accomplices tried to flee from the spot, neighbours allegedly thrashed him and handed him over to police.
Sources said the girl received fracture on her hand, legs and head.
Sources said that a year and a half ago, Amit and the girl became friends on Facebook and hence exchanged numbers and started talking over the phone. They allegedly entered into a realtionship. When the girl told her parents about Amit, they told her that they will carry out a background check on him and only after which they will agree to get her married to Amit.
Sources further said that in the background check, the girl’s family found that he was unemployed and was not of a good temperament. Due to which, the girl too stopped talking to him.
For the past six months, on her family’s insistence, the girl was not in touch with Amit. However, Amit was allegedly putting pressure on her to get married.
Police, meanwhile, said that they have arrested Amit under relevant Sections at the Mangolpuri police station.