New Delhi: A 27-year-old man who had allegedly attempted suicide along with a woman outside the Supreme Court, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday morning, police said. The man had sustained 65% burn injuries, while the 24-year-old woman has suffered 85% burns in the self-immolation bid on Monday. Both were admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, sources said.
The police said the woman is undergoing treatment and is from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur. She was allegedly raped by Bahujan Samaj Party MP Atul Rai in 2019. The MP has been in judicial custody in the case for the last two years. Before attempting suicide, the woman together with the associate had recorded a Facebook live video. She disclosed her identity in the video and alleged that she had filed a rape case against Rai in 2019. She had also alleged that some senior police officers and others were supporting the accused.
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Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said an inquiry was underway to ascertain the exact reason. However, it is suspected that she attempted suicide out of the fear of being framed in fraud cases by the accused party. In the live Facebook video, she had claimed that a non-bailable warrant had been issued against her by a local court in UP and that she was summoned by the judge.
In March the woman had filed a plea in the Supreme Court, seeking transfer of her rape case for a fair trial from Allahabad to Delhi on grounds of threat to her life. Later in August, a local court in Varanasi issued a non-bailable warrant against her in a case of forgery based on a complaint filed by the accused MP’s brother.