Woman attacked, stalker kills himself

Bhopal: A 25-year-old woman was on Friday attacked with acid by her jilted lover, who subsequently killed himself in remorse on the spot near Sai Baba temple under the Ashoka Garden police station limits, police said.

Before the incident took place, the young woman had gone to Ashoka Garden police station to lodge her complaint against 45-year-old accused Sanjay Patil, who was allegedly stalking her. But, sub-inspector Roop Singh Thakur allegedly told her to approach Bajaria police station where she and her family had earlier lodged a report against the accused.Following, Mr Thakur was suspended for being lax in performing his duty following the girl’s statement at the private Narmada Hospital where she is being treated, superintendent of police (North) Arvind Saxena said.

According to Ashoka Garden police station in-charge, inspector Mohan Sarwan, the accused had an altercation with the woman following which he hurled acid at her.

When he saw the girl writhing in pain, he stabbed himself to death, Mr Saxena said, adding the woman had stopped interacting with Patil some time ago after which he was upset.

The deceased and the woman lived at Shankracharya Nagar under Bajaria police station and had grown close. Recently Patil started living in an area situated on Raisen road. The inspector said that all was not well between the two and Patil had been to her house on May 16, but was not welcomed. On May 17, her family lodged a complaint with Bajaria police station. But it was not taken care of.