AHMEDABAD: Alarmed by her parents' unexpectedly early return home, Smita, a college student pushed Rahul, her boyfriend, into a wardrobe. An hour-and-a-half later, when Rahul felt suffocated, he chose fresh air, even at the expense of incurring the family's wrath.

This strange incident happened recently in the Gujarat University area. "When Rahul was taken to Guajrat University police station by Smita's family, the young couple broke down and admitted they loved each other. Smita's family have since given in to their daughter's wishes," said a police official of Gujarat University police station.

Police sources said that both of Smita's parents work. Her brother also leaves home in the morning for his studies and returns in the evening.

Smita studies in a reputed city college. "She returns home in the afternoon. She used to call her boyfriend Rahul home and the two would spend time together till the evening. Rahul would leave before Smita's parents returned," added police sources.

Recently, Smita's parents returned home early one day. On seeing her parents at the gate, Smita pushed Rahul into her wardrobe, said police sources.

"After some uncomfortable time in the wardrobe, Rahul first sent Smita an SMS inquiring about how much longer he'd have to stay in the wardrobe," said a police official.

Police sources said that after about an hour-and-a-half, Rahul could bear the suffocation, and came out of the wardrobe. "On seeing a boy in the house, Smita's father ? fuming with anger ? dragged him to the police station, alleging that Rahul was molesting his daughter," said police officials.

"We took the matter seriously and started questioning Rahul. When we would ask Rahul why he entered the house, Smita would look disturbed. We sensed something wrong," said police officials.

Police sources said that on asking Smita, the cops learned that Rahul had in fact been called home by her. "Smita and Rahul broke down and confessed their love for each other," added police officials.

Smita's parents were told about the teenagers' confessions. "They were annoyed at first, but later agreed to a compromise and left the police station," said a police official.

