A 30-year-old man died by suicide after shooting himself outside his girlfriend's house in Basti on Wednesday morning. The girl's family had initially agreed to their relationship but later refused to go ahead with the marriage and fixed her marriage with someone else.
According to Parshurampur police station in-charge Pradeep Singh, Shivkumar was a resident of Thakurpur village and had been in a relationship with a young woman from Basewa village. The two had been in contact for the past 10 years.
Shivkumar wanted to marry the woman at any cost. However, after her family fixed her marriage elsewhere, he allegedly sent them objectionable photos and videos of her and threatened to make them public.
After receiving a complaint, Parshurampur police called both of them to the police station on Tuesday, a day before the incident. They reached an agreement and decided to stop talking to each other and change their mobile numbers.
Shivkumar also agreed to delete the photos and videos from his phone. However, the very next day, he reached the woman's house and insisted on meeting her. He started shouting loudly and later shot himself
