New Delhi:
One-sided love affairs often end tragically. Here's another instance, with the Connaught Place police station being the unlikely setting. A woman constable allegedly tried to commit suicide after her lover, a sub-inspector, refused to marry her. A senior police official, on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident. The official said the woman constable had slit her wrist in a bid to take her own life. She has been booked for trying to commit suicide.
"An FIR has been registered against her under section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) at Connaught Place police station. She was arrested and was released on bail later," said the official.
The official added that the constable joined Delhi police around a year ago. She is presently posted with Malviya Nagar Police Station. She had been with Connaught Place police for a month as part of a training program. She was deeply in love with a Delhi Police sub-inspector.
Both had been friends for years. She wanted to marry him but he continued to spurn her advances. A few months ago family members of the Sub-Inspector fixed his marriage with someone else.
"When she found out that he was going to marry someone else, she had a heated argument with him. He scolded her for interfering in his personal life. Fed up with the answer, she went into depression. She was on duty outside Palika Bazar area when she slit her wrist with a sharp-edged weapon. Her colleagues who were on duty rushed her to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. She was discharged after three days," said a police official.