Cop's son ends life over alleged sexual harassment by woman

Cop's son ends life over alleged sexual harassment by woman

NAGPUR: A five-page suicide note left by traffic cop's son Rahul Khandare, who committed suicide on May 24, says that he took the extreme step due to depression after being harassed by a woman for refusing to maintain physical relationship with her. The youth's relatives along with an NGO Oriental Human Rights Protection Forum staged a two-hour protest at Sadar police on Tuesday for the lack of action in the suicide and attempts to hush-up the case.

Khandare's parents claimed that the suicide note was found in his pant pockets after he ended his life. Khandare, in his twenties, had consumed poison in rural tehsil office at Civil Lines. His father Manohar is posted as a naik police constable in traffic police department and his uncle is a head constable at MIDC police station.

Parents and relatives claimed that despite the suicide note and the accused woman's name mentioned in it, Sadar police have failed to take any action in the case. "He has mentioned the woman's name in the note and also written in detail how she tortured him. He wrote that the woman had threatened to file a police complaint against him and hence Rahul was depressed," said a relative protesting at Sadar police station on Tuesday afternoon.

Relatives said Khandare was working with a garment store where the woman was his senior. She started forcing him into a sexual relationship. Relatives said that Khandare entered into a relationship but then refused to ahead when the woman became persistent. He even left the job.

Manish Singh Chavhan, city president of OHRPF, said Khandare's parents didn't keep a photo copy of the suicide note with them before handing it to the police. "Police say that they are not allowed to give the suicide note. Hence, we have appealed in RTI to get a photo copy of the note from the cops," said Chavhan.

Chavhan and Khandare also met senior police officials, who have assured quick action. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Cops-son-ends-life-over-alleged-sexual-harassment-by-woman/articleshow/20547687.cms