Almost two years after their son’s death, a Deonar-based family finally received a ray of hope as the Supreme Court has directed the police to register an FIR in the suicide case of 24-year-old Manav Lalwani. The deceased’s family alleges that his woman friend had abetted the suicide.

Manav’s kin has written several applications to the police seeking that she be booked. The legal battle, which began at a metropolitan magistrate court, eventually reached the apex court. On the night of December 2, 2021, Manav hanged himself on the terrace of the bungalow in which he resided with his family. He had gone to dinner with a woman friend at the Chembur Gymkhana and returned late.