The city police have concluded that the gun-shot death of a college boy and a teenage girl at the Joggers' Park in Jugsalai is an open and shut case of suicide, possibly triggered by an unfruitful love affair.
After grilling a number of friends of the deceased youth and also going through the background, the police concluded that the girl and the youth were lovers. However, the reason behind their extreme step is still not clear.
"We have concluded that it is a case of suicide, but what we are yet to establish is the reason behind it," said Deputy Superintendent of Police (law and order), Alok Ranjan.
"Now we are trying to find out the reason behind the suicide. We are trying to detect whether Saroj was under pressure from his parents or other members of the family pertaining to his affair with a girl or there was any other reason that led to the sad end," said the DSP (law and order).
Bullet-riddled bodies of 20-year-old Saroj Upadhyay and 17-year-old girl Simran Kumar were found lying on the Joggers' Park near Tata Pigment Ltd in Jugsalai on Wednesday morning.
A pistol was found lying at the hand of Simran and three empty cartridges were also recovered from the spot.
While Saroj was a resident of Lalbuilding area in Bagbera, Simran was a resident of River View Colony in Baroda Ghat, also in Bagbera. The police have scanned the CCTV footage from the Tata Pigment Ltd's gate, which was the nearest point where the bodies were found.
But the crime scene was out of the range of the CCTV cameras at the Tata Pigment, so the police studied through other CCTV cameras on the way, they had assumed the two might have used.
According to police, in one of the footage, they spotted a bike on which Saroj and Simran were pillion riding. The youth riding the bike was later identified as Anish Kumar, a friend of Saroj. The police picked up Anish and interrogated him.
According to police, Anish had received a call from Saroj at about 1.30 am on Wednesday.
"As per details gathered Saroj had requested Anish to drop him and his girlfriend Simran at Marine Drive in Sonari, but Anish did not agree to go so far.
Hence dropped the duo at the park at about 2 am and returned home. At about 6 am, he came to the Joggers' Park for the morning walk and found Saroj and his girlfriend lying in a pool of blood," said a police officer.
According to the police officer, Saroj told Anish that the girl had left her home at about 1 am and came to Saroj's house.