Rajkot: A man accused of rape committed suicide by consuming acid while being brought to Veraval from Ahmedabad by police. His wife filed a complaint of abetment of suicide against the rape survivor.
The complainant alleged that her husband had an affair with a woman and when she discovered this two years ago, he wanted to end the relationship. However, the woman was allegedly forcing him to continue the relationship.
When the man ignored her demand, the woman lodged a rape complaint against him at Prabhas Patan police station on Wednesday. After the complaint was filed, the man fled his home in Gir Somnath district.
On Thursday, the man was detained by police in Ahmedabad and was being brought to Veraval. On the way, the police team halted at a hotel near Keshod. There, the accused seized an opportunity and consumed acid kept inside a bathroom. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in Keshod and was then referred to Rajkot, where he died during treatment late on Thursday night.
The complainant alleged that the woman who lodged the rape complaint was forcing her husband to abandon her and her son. This, she alleged, had brought her husband under tremendous stress.
Keshod police filed a case under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) under BNS and were investigating it.