Mumbai: While the scene was straight out of a Bollywood tearjerker, its real life implications were more disturbing than moving. A young 16-year-old girl, who was distressed when her family asked her to wait till she turned 18 to marry her beau, jumped into the Vashi creek to take her life on Monday morning.
Her somewhat more practical boyfriend also jumped in, but more because he was afraid that the police would arrest him if his girlfriend succeeded in taking her own life. Both survived the suicide attempt. Ulhasnagar residents Suraj Ganvir (22) and Pinky (16, name changed) had been in love for the past four years.
Speaking to MiD DAY from his bed in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital, he said, "Pinky bunked college on my weekly off on Monday. We rode to Vashi and jumped into the creek, but were saved when a fisherman saw us while eating by the creek. He immediately rushed to save us." He went on, "Even on Saturday, Pinky had left home with the intention of committing suicide.
Her father had asked me to wait for a few years, and to some extent, I was fine with that. But she was afraid that she would be married off to someone else. When we reached Vashi Creek, she jumped, and I followed her."
While Pinky is in ICCU, Suraj is recuperating in the general ward. Till late afternoon on Monday, Suraj's brother and friend had arrived at the hospital, while his mother was unaware of what had happened. No one from Pinky's family had turned up till 4 pm, claimed the hospital staff on duty.
The fisherman and police officials rescued the couple. They had ingested a lot of water. They were conscious and did not suffer any major injuries. We rushed them to NMMC Hospital where the girl was admitted to the ICCU, as her condition looked a little more serious, while the boy was stable. Since it was low tide, they did not drown. This is reportedly the girl's second suicide attempt. "We have intimated their family members about it," said Assistant Police Inspector Ramesh More, Vashi Police Station.
"When the couple was brought to the hospital, the girl was rushed into the ICCU. The boy was in a stable condition and so we are treating him in the general ward. We are anticipating that it was a case of aspiration pneumonia when water enters into the lungs through nose and mouth, instead of oxygen. This could cause a breathing problems, and there are chances of infection as well," said Dr Prashant Jawade, medical superintendent of NMMC hospital, Vashi.
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Recounting the incident, Suraj said that the fishermen kept yelling at him and his girlfriend Pinky as they ended up suffering losses to the tune of Rs 1,000. They could not go fishing because they had to jump into the water and rescue them. He gave Rs 400 to Vinod Gowda, the fisherman who rescued them, as he felt guilty for having caused losses to his saviour.
Her somewhat more practical boyfriend also jumped in, but more because he was afraid that the police would arrest him if his girlfriend succeeded in taking her own life. Both survived the suicide attempt. Ulhasnagar residents Suraj Ganvir (22) and Pinky (16, name changed) had been in love for the past four years.
Speaking to MiD DAY from his bed in Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital, he said, "Pinky bunked college on my weekly off on Monday. We rode to Vashi and jumped into the creek, but were saved when a fisherman saw us while eating by the creek. He immediately rushed to save us." He went on, "Even on Saturday, Pinky had left home with the intention of committing suicide.
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Her father had asked me to wait for a few years, and to some extent, I was fine with that. But she was afraid that she would be married off to someone else. When we reached Vashi Creek, she jumped, and I followed her."
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While Pinky is in ICCU, Suraj is recuperating in the general ward. Till late afternoon on Monday, Suraj's brother and friend had arrived at the hospital, while his mother was unaware of what had happened. No one from Pinky's family had turned up till 4 pm, claimed the hospital staff on duty.
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The fisherman and police officials rescued the couple. They had ingested a lot of water. They were conscious and did not suffer any major injuries. We rushed them to NMMC Hospital where the girl was admitted to the ICCU, as her condition looked a little more serious, while the boy was stable. Since it was low tide, they did not drown. This is reportedly the girl's second suicide attempt. "We have intimated their family members about it," said Assistant Police Inspector Ramesh More, Vashi Police Station.
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"When the couple was brought to the hospital, the girl was rushed into the ICCU. The boy was in a stable condition and so we are treating him in the general ward. We are anticipating that it was a case of aspiration pneumonia when water enters into the lungs through nose and mouth, instead of oxygen. This could cause a breathing problems, and there are chances of infection as well," said Dr Prashant Jawade, medical superintendent of NMMC hospital, Vashi.
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Angry fisherman
Recounting the incident, Suraj said that the fishermen kept yelling at him and his girlfriend Pinky as they ended up suffering losses to the tune of Rs 1,000. They could not go fishing because they had to jump into the water and rescue them. He gave Rs 400 to Vinod Gowda, the fisherman who rescued them, as he felt guilty for having caused losses to his saviour.
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