24-year-old boy leaps to death, live streams on Facebook before committing suicide

April 4, 2017

Mumbai, Apr 4: In a most chilling scene of suicide, 24-year-old Arjun Bharadwaj took his life by jumping from his 19th floor room of a posh Bandra hotel, but not before posting videos of his activity prior to the act. Bharadwaj went live on Facebook, informing the world that he was about to end his life. The police have asked TV channels not to telecast the video.

bhardwajCool and composed, the Narseemonaji College student was seen sipping wine straight from the bottle. He said he would first drink his favourite wine and eat bacon pasta. All through, Bharadwaj was constantly smoking. Then, he got emotional and admitted that he had lost count of the steps he would take next. He then switched off the link, saying he obviously couldn’t record what he was about to do.

The police later found Bharadwaj lying in a pool of blood below, the glass panes of his room’s window shattered. The cops later learnt that Arjun Bharadwaj is from Bangalore and his father is a businessman from the tech city.

The cops have found a suicide in his hotel room. “I am a drug addict and I don’t want to live anymore,” the note said. After which he is believed to have taken the fatal leap after breaking the glass panes of the window.

Security guards at the hotel heard a loud thud. Rushing to the site, they found the boy lying in a pool of blood. “The security guard informed the management of the hotel. They went on the 19 floor and saw that Bhardwaj had broken the window glass before taking the extreme step,” said a senior officer from Bandra police station.

“Bharadwaj had checked in the wee hours of Monday. No one saw his exit the hotel after that. We indentified the boy from the documents he had submitted during check-in. We have contacted his parents in Bangalore,” the police officer added. The cops took the body to Leelavati Hospital where he was declared brought dead.

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July 4,2020

Kolkata, Jul 4: Two people were killed and around four injured when the bombs they were allegedly manufacturing went off inside a house in Murshidabad district, a senior police officer said on Saturday.

Their identities were yet to be established as the condition of those injured and undergoing treatment at a hospital was still "critical", he said.

The thatched roof of the house, where they were allegedly making bombs, also blew off in the explosion, which occurred at Suti town in Jangipur subdivision of the district around 9:00 pm on Friday, the officer said.

The house has been damaged completely, and its owner is on the run, he said.

As of now, the wife of the house owner is being questioned in connection with the incident, the officer added.

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July 21,2020

Nagpur, July 21: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy allegedly killed self in Maharashtra's Nagpur city after being reprimanded by his mother for buying a samosa, police said on Tuesday.

Veeru Natthu Sahu was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Ganga Nagar in Gittikhadan area on Sunday night, an official said.

The deceased boy's family was struggling to make ends meet after their small business was hit because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, he said.

The Class 7 student had taken Rs 10 from home without asking his mother and bought a samosa, which was then eaten by his elder brother, the official said.

The boy's mother scolded him for taking money without her permission and asked him to get the snack for himself, following which the distraught minor allegedly went into the kitchen and hanged himself using a saree, he said.

The Gittikhadan police have registered a case of accidental death in this regard, the official added.

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June 27,2020

Guna (MP),  Jun 27: A 20-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly eloping with her minor partner and "marrying" her at Guna town in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The matter came to light, when a resident of Budhe Balaji area approached the Kotwali police station on Monday with a complaint that his 17-year-old daughter had gone missing, additional superintendent of police T S Baghel said.

On investigation, it was found that a relative from a village Shivpuri district, who was living with the family, was also missing, he said.

A team was sent to the village and the duo was caught on Friday, the official said, adding that the woman had married the minor, who claimed that she had eloped of her own volition.

The woman was arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, while the minor was sent back to her family after counselling.

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