ULHASNAGAR: A 27-year-old man committed suicide last month allegedly after his ex-girlfriend refused to get back with him. Following a complaint from the man’s family, Ulhasnagar police registered a case against the girl on Monday, the day of her wedding .

Police said Hanny Waswani, a resident of New Enclave building in sector 36 of Ulhasnagar, was in love with Rajani, 27, (name changed) a resident of Mira Road, for over seven years. They initially wanted to get married but later parted ways this year following a dispute. Later, their respective families fixed their marriages elsewhere, with Rajani’s marriage scheduled for June 19 while Hanny was to get married on July 7.

However, Hanny was reportedly still attached to Rajani and wanted to get her to marry him. He called her to a hotel near Kalyan on May 21 but the two again fought there. On returning home, Hanny reportedly made a video call to Rajani, threatening to end his life. The complaint filed by his family with the police says she asked him to do what he wanted and disconnected the call. He subsequently hanged himself from the ceiling fan in his flat.

A relative told TOI that days after his son’s death, when Hanny’s father Naresh checked his mobile phone he found several calls made to Rajani, including the video call at night. Naresh informed his brother Nandlal about the calls who in turn called up Rajani and asked her about her conversation with Hanny on that fateful day. Rajani, who was reportedly unaware of his death till then, informed him about their hotel meeting and subsequent video call. In his complaint Naresh has stated that Rajani accepted that Hanny had shown her the fan and a rope over video, saying he would end his life but she didn’t take him seriously and said “why you are showing all this to me, do whatever you want to do”.

Mohan Waghmare, senior inspector of Hill Line police station said, “The father of the deceased has filed a complaint, saying Rajani could have stopped Hanny from killing himself, based on which we have registered a case against her. The family has also alleged that Rajani was harassing Hanny for money. However as today (June 19) is her wedding, we will call her later for questioning.” A case has been registered under IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide).

Ravindra Kaurati, one of the cops probing the complaint said, “We are collecting details like CCTV footage from the hotel where they last met and other relevant evidence. We will investigate the complaint thoroughly before taking any action.”

Police said Hanny's father is a businessman. Incidentally, it is the second suicide in the family as six months earlier Hanny’s mother too had ended her life, by jumping from the building.

TOI tried to contact Rajani but she couldn’t be reached, while Hanny's father refused to speak saying he was unwell.

