Constable ends life after altercation with his girlfriend

An officer said, “The constable had been seeing a 23-year-old girl since April. And on Sunday afternoon, he met the girl at Buddha Garden near Worli Chowpatty.”

There, the two had an altercation after the girl allegedly caught him chatting with another woman on Instagram.

Following the fight, the constable dropped her at Dadar railway station and went home. “Later he found out that his girlfriend had blocked him from calling her,” said an investigator.

He tried reaching her several times but as he could not get through, he then decided to end his life.

Salunkhe then tied a nylon rope to the window of the library. “The constable sent a picture of himself hanging to his girlfriend’s friend. He even sent a message that he was committing suicide following which he hanged himself to death,” said an officer.

Worli police were subsequently informed after which he was rushed to BYL Nair hospital where he was declared dead during treatment.

The police said a case of accidental death report was registered and further investigation is underway. “His brother has told us that he does not have any complaint against anyone due to which we have registered an ADR,” an officer said.