Rajasthan: Two cousins in love with same girl, die by suicide

Two cousins suspected to be in love with the same girl allegedly died by suicide by jumping before a train in Rajasthan’s Bundi district, police said on Monday. The incident took place near Gudla village on Sunday night.

The two youths, identified as Mahendra Gurjar and Devraj Gurjar, both 23-years-old, residents of Keshavpura village in Bundi district died by suicide by jumping before a train on Sunday night.

Area SHO Lakhanlal Meena said both had got a name, Asha, engraved on their arm. Pictures and details in their mobile phones suggest that both were in love with the same girl, he said, adding that whereabouts of the girl are yet to be ascertained.

Before jumping in front of the running train, the two cousins recorded a video on their mobile phone. In the video, they were heard asserting that nobody has pressured them for the step they were about to take. One of them says, ” We have taken the decision individually. Neither he is to be blamed for anything that I am going to do nor I am to be blamed for the step he is about to take.”

A case under Section 174 (police to enquire and report on suicide) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has been registered and investigation has begun, a police officer said, adding that the bodies of the victims were handed over to their family members after post-mortem examination.