Karnataka: Man blows himself up outside girl's home following rejection

A 21yearold man died after he reportedly blew himself up with a gelatin stick in front of the house of a girl he was in love with after her family rejected him police said on Monday PTI reportedThe incident occurred at Kalenahalli village of Karnatakas Mandya district on early Sunday morning they saidAs per the police Ramachandra was in a relationship with a minor girl Last year he was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act after he eloped with the girl He was arrested in the case and spent three months in jail as an undertrial PTI reportedAfter being released from jail he entered into a compromise with the girls family and the case was refuted in the court But later he started calling the girl and continued to maintain his relationship with her police saidAccording to a senior police officer the girls family were planning to get her married to someone else once she attained the legal age PTI citedRamachandra a resident of a neighbouring village in Nagamangala taluk was allegedly upset with the girls family for rejecting him He suddenly on Sunday reached in front of the minor girls house and detonated the gelatin stick he carried with him and the explosion claimed his life on the spot the officer addedAs per the complaint filed by the deceased persons family calling it a suspicious death a case has been registered police said His family was in the quarrying business and thats how he got access to gelatin sticks police said PTI citedMan accused of abetting suicide by falsely linking victim to criminal case in MumbaiThe Mulund police have filed a case of abetment to suicide after a 27yearold man reportedly died by suicide on December 26 The incident came to light after the police received information about a body found near LBS MargldquoWe reached the spot and found the individual unconscious He was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival He was identified as a 27yearold resident of Sionrdquo said Senior Police Inspector Shivaji Chavan from the Mulund police stationA suicide note was found with the deceased prompting the police to charge another 27yearold man with abetment to suicideldquoThe note claims that the accused had named the deceased in a criminal case which may have led him to take this extreme steprdquo Chavan saidAccording to the police the accused was already in custody on charges of rape in a case registered by the Wadala TT police Investigations revealed that the accused allegedly invited women to hotel rooms blackmailed them and used the deceasedrsquos documents to book the roomsWith PTI inputs