Suicide bid: Case cancelled against US national

Acting under diplomatic pressure,the Delhi Police cancelled charges against a 37-year-old US national who was arrested for attempting suicide outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport on February 11 this year.

Acting under diplomatic pressure,the Delhi Police cancelled charges against a 37-year-old US national who was arrested for attempting suicide outside the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on February 11 this year.

The US citizen Redmon Tyrone had tried to jump off the departure ramp at the airports T3 as he was upset over being spurned in love and accused one of his NRI friends of conspiring against him. He had fractured his leg.

After the incident,we had registered a case of attempt to suicide against Tyrone. When the case came up for hearing in court he pleaded guilty. The case was then cancelled, said a senior police officer.

Police said Tyrone,along with his friend Nilesh Patel,had come to Delhi with a multiple-entry visa on February 2.

Last year two Britons Stephen Hampston and Steven Martin were let off after being held from Radisson Hotel on charges of undertaking suspicious activity using high-tech gadgets,and booked under the Telegraph Act. Hotel staff had alerted the police about the two taking pictures of aircraft from their hotel window. Investigations revealed that the duo were aviation enthusiasts and were plane-spotting.

They were produced in a city court,which cancelled the case against them.

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