Couple die in a ‘suicide pact’ in Govindpuri
NEWDELHI: A young married couple was found dead at their flat in south Delhi’s Govindpuri on Sunday morning. The police suspect it to be a case of suicide pact.
The woman had tipped her mother-in-law about the alleged suicide pact, but it was hours before the family checked the message and reacted, said Chinmoy Biswal, deputy commissioner of police (south-east).
“In the message, the woman said that she and her husband were committing suicide. They did not mention the reason behind their extreme step,” said the DCP.
Biswal said that though prima facie it appeared like a suicide pact, the investigators would await the autopsy report before judging that the woman, too, committed suicide and was not murdered.
Since the couple was married for less than seven years, as per law the case will be probed by a sub-divisional magistrate.
The dead couple has been iden- tified as Arpita Bagga, 28, and her 30-year-old husband, Mohit Bagga. “The couple had a love marriage two years ago with the consent of their parents,” said the DCP.
According to the DCP, when Mohit’s mother saw Arpita’s Whatsapp message late in the morning, she immediately alerted one of her relatives who live near the couple’s house.
“We had received a PCR call about a suicide attempt.
The door of the flat was broken down by Mohit’s relative in front of the PCR staff,” said the DCP. Inside, Arpita’s body was lying on the floor and Mohit’s was hanging from the ceiling fan.
The officer quoted the couple’s families as saying that Mohit and Arpita were living a “happy life” and were financially stable.