Paras Bhasin's wife gives police their suicide note

Wife of  BBA student Paras Bhasin during questioning gave the investigators a two-page suicide note and said they had tried to commit suicide twice earlier, police said on Wednesday.

Shaily Mittal, who married Paras Bhasin, 23, secretly in an Arya Samaj ceremony in May, 2012, told police that they had tried to commit suicide twice when her father had objected to their wedding.

They, however, returned home after changing their mind, she said.

According to Shaily, the suicide note was written on August 27 when the couple went to commit suicide near a railway station. In the note, one page was written by Paras and the other by Shaily.

Paras wrote that he was taking his life on his own.

“I love you mom and dad and I will miss you both” he wrote. Shaily Mittal wrote something similar thing in the letter. They did not blame anyone for the extreme step.

She told police that they thought of commiting suicide after her father did not approve of the marriage.

The suicide note has the signatures of both Paras and the Shaily. “We are verifying handwriting and signatures on the suicide note,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) S K Jain. 

The officer said Shaily and her family members were being questioned but they are yet to confirm that Paras was killed or had committed suicide.

“We are investigating into all the angles. We have registered a murder case and probe is on,” Jain said.

He said that a forensic team went to Pandav Nagar railway tracks and investigated the spot to ascertain the sequence of events.

“We are waiting for this report, along with the autopsy report,” he said.

Police have also identified the trains that crossed from Pandav Nagar on the day of incident.

“Paras’ body was found near the railway tracks in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar on Saturday afternoon. We have identified the train drivers and will question them to corroborate the whole incident,” said Jain.

Investigators have said Paras, a tattoo maker, was seen boarding a train at Subhash Nagar Metro station at 3:14 pm on Saturday and deboarding at Lakshmi Nagar at 4.11 pm. CCTV footage has revealed that he was travelling alone.

Paras’ friends and Shaily’s family members have been called by police on Wednesday for questioning.

Police will speak to Paras’ family members as well.

His family has alleged that Shaily’s father killed him and dumped his body near the railway tracks.