Gurgaon: Days after man died by suicide, 3 booked for abetment

The police added that during the probe, they recovered an audio recording from the man’s phone in which he had named three persons who had allegedly been harassing him.

Ramphal, SHO, GRP police station, Gurgaon, said, “In the recording, the victim can be purportedly heard mentioning the names of three persons, whom he claimed were responsible for his death. The victim’s family has alleged in the complaint that the three accused had been coaxing him to sell a narcotics substance (smack) and when he refused to do so, they beat him up. We are verifying the purported audio recording and the family’s allegations.”

The police said an FIR was registered against the accused under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code at the GRP police station Monday. No arrests have been made till now, said the police. The victim’s body was handed over to the family after the post-mortem on Monday.