Illicit relations behind couple’s suicide pact
   Date :03-Sep-2022

couple’s suicide 
 
 
 
Special Correspondent
WITH the establishment of the identities of the couple who jumped in front of Mumbai-Nagpur Duronto Express near Jamtha early Thursday morning, Hingna Police confirmed that it was an apparent suicide pact borne out of illicit relationship.
The deceased, Jitendra Kanshiram Neware (32) was a resident of Baba Farid Nagar, Mankapur while Swati Pappu Bopche (18) was a native of Tumkheda, district Gondia. Jitendra, who was Swati’s uncle, was already married. He had an extramarital affair with Swati allegedly for the past two years. Jitendra’s wife had left him a year ago after she came to know about her husband’s affair. Family members and relatives of Jitendra and
Swati were against their relationship. Swati wanted to tie the nuptial knot with Jitendra but the latter was unable to convince his mother and relatives for the marriage. Swati left home and came to Nagpur on August 31.
A supplier of drinking water bottles, Jitendra received her. Due to stiff opposition for the marriage by their families, they entered into a suicide pact. Jitendra and Swati came to an isolated spot near the railway line at Jamtha early Thursday morning. They tied each other’s legs with a nylon rope. Jitendra and Swati then jumped in front of Duronto Express 12289 (CSMT-NGP) on the down track about a kilometre from Gumgaon around 8 am.
Loco Pilot of the train noticed the couple in front of his train and informed the Deputy Station Manager Sachin Parekar on walkie talkie. Parekar relayed the information to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP). Staff from RPF, GRP and Hingna Police Station rushed to the spot and discovered the mutilated bodies of the couple. After the identities of the deceased couple were established, Hingna Police, who registered a case under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, informed the families of Jitendra and Swati about the tragic incident.
A police officer told ‘The Hitavada’ that the bodies would be handed over to the relatives of the deceased for the last rites after completing the necessary legal formalities