MUMBAI: A six-page suicide note left behind by a 24-year-old dentistry graduate from Antop Hill who was pursuing her post-graduation while working part-time, led to the arrest of her former boyfriend on Tuesday.The note said the former boyfriend, whom the police identified as Fuzail Ahmed Khan (34), would insult and humiliate her.Khan, who works as an insurance broker, was arrested for abetment to suicide. Produced before the Kurla court, he was remanded in a day’s police custody.The police denied any communal angle and said it was a fallout of a failed relationship. They said that according to the suicide note, the woman’s friends knew about her troubles with Khan and would often joke and say, “We don’t want to see you in the fridge,” a possible reference to a recent criminal case where the body parts of a woman living with her lover in Delhi were found stuffed in a refrigerator.The deceased woman lived with her parents and sister at Rawali Camp in Antop Hill and was pursuing her master’s in dental surgery (MDS) from a Navi Mumbai dental college. She also worked part-time at BYL Nair Hospital.The police said her father, who was retired, lodged the complaint at the Antop Hill police station after he found the suicide note written in English from the victim’s bedroom.In his statement, the father told the police that on Sunday evening his daughter went to her room around 7 pm and refused to come out for dinner despite being called by the family. The next morning, when she did not open the door of her room, the family forced the door open and found her hanging with a white nylon rope. She was taken to Sion hospital, where doctors declared her dead before admission at 11.18 am.The police registered an accidental death report (ADR) and during the spot panchnama recovered the six handwritten pages that they said they were treating as the deceased’s suicide note. After verification, it was confirmed that the handwriting was that of the deceased.Based on the complaint filed by her father, the police on Monday registered an offence of abetment of suicide.In the suicide note, the woman wrote about her relationship with her former boyfriend, whom she met on a dating app. She became friends with him and was in a relationship with him for one and half years. In the note she alleged that her former boyfriend humiliated and insulted her, which resulted in her suffering severe mental trauma.“However, over the course of time the duo realised that their relationship will not last and due to various reasons they cannot go ahead and hence decided to break off and be just friends,” a police official said.The police said they learnt that another man had entered the woman;s life, which did not go down well with Khan, following which there was a scuffle between her and Khan. In a fit of rage, Khan allegedly used some derogatory words against her, which affected her mentally and which she mentioned in her note, said the police.
