Ghaziabad: A 23-year-old man was feared drowned after he allegedly jumped into the Ganga canal from a bridge near Nahal Jhal water treatment plant in Masuri on Saturday. Police said passersby stopped a woman accompanying the youth from jumping into the canal. She was later taken into custody.According to police, around 9.30 am, Shadab, a resident of Dasna, and the woman were spotted on the bridge by some local residents. As he jumped from the bridge, some people rushed in to stop the woman and later alerted cops.
Shadab was a driver of a goods carrier and had married in Feb this year
Shadab’s elder brother Shah Rukh said he was a goods carrier driver and had got married on Feb 13. He alleged that Shadab had been under severe mental stress due to harassment by the woman with whom he had previously been in a relationship. They claimed she had repeatedly demanded money from him over the preceding days, which they said drove him to take the extreme step.The woman, the family claimed, had filed a rape case against Shadab last year, which was subsequently settled before the high court.ACP (Masuri) Ajay Singh said efforts were underway to locate Shadab till late Saturday evening. Local divers and a National Disaster Response Force team were deployed in the search operation. Further action, police said, would be taken based on the findings of the investigation. Cops are trying to ascertain if Shadab had jumped on his own or he had been pushed off the bridge.
