As soon as 15 police officers rush to his home, Kandivli man tells them they have made up and that he won’t take his life
Police have taken on record details of the incident. Representation pic
Over a dozen police personnel landed at the home of a Mumbai man on Thursday after receiving a call from him, saying he is about to commit suicide due to a dispute with his fiancée. As they reached, police learnt that he had changed his mind following a resolution between them, an officer said.
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Dinesh Gupta, a resident of Kandivli, called the police control room around 11 am, saying he is going to end his life within 30 minutes because of a dispute with his fiancée and that nothing was going well between them, the officer said.
15 cops went to his home
After his call, around 15 personnel of Charkop and Kandivli police stations immediately swung into action and started locating his residence. While one police officer contacted Gupta over the phone, others tried to reach his residence as quickly as possible, he said.
Vijay Kandargaonkar, inspector from Kandivli police station, said, “First, I counselled him and within minutes our officers reached his residence. On reaching, he told them that he has settled his dispute with his fiancée and now he is not going to commit suicide.”
Gupta then told police that he is leaving for his workplace and that they need not worry about him, the officer said. Later, police made a diary entry and took on the record details of the incident, he added.
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