HIGHLIGHTS
• Woman jumps off a bridge with her five-year-old son
• Inappropriate photos of the woman had gone viral on social media
• Photos went viral after her ex-boyfriend sold off his phone which had the pictures
A murder, a suicide and an encounter. All after a Meerut-based man forgot to delete a few inappropriate photos with his ex-girlfriend from a mobile phone before he sold it.
The horrific turn of events started when on Saturday, a 35-year-old woman jumped off a bridge with her five-year-old son in Muzaffarnagar's Gangnahar canal, Times of India reported.
While the woman, who was settled in Meerut, died, her child was rescued.
During the investigation, police learnt that photos of the woman with her former boyfriend had gone viral on social media.
The "inappropriate" photos were reportedly leaked after the woman's ex-boyfriend Shubham Kumar sold his mobile phone to another Meerut resident without deleting the images saved in the photo gallery.
Police said the incident came to light after they received information that a woman had jumped from a bridge in Muzaffarnagar's Khatauli. Before committing suicide, the woman had made a call using a kiosk owner's mobile phone, police said.
The mobile number was traced to her husband, which helped the police ascertain her identity.
Police learnt that inappropriate photograph's of the woman were shared by a man named Anuj Prajapati, who had bought the phone from Shubham, woman's ex-boyfriend.
In a twist, police found out that Prajapati was already dead. Shubham and his friends had allegedly killed Prajapati on May 23.
Police said the suspects in Prajapati murder case were identified based on CCTV footage and teams were formed to nab them.
However, before Meerut police could nab them, Saharanpur police arrested the accused in an encounter on Saturday.
Saharanpur SSP Dinesh Kumar P said five persons opened fire at a police team when the latter asked them to stop for checks on Saturday. The suspects were wanted in a murder case in Meerut's Kankerkhera area on May 23, police added.
Kankerkhera SHO Mishra told Times of India that the woman could have also taken the extreme step due to fear that her name would come up in murder probe.