Bhubaneswar: Police have registered a case under IPC Section 306 (offence of abetment to suicide) against the boyfriend of 25-year-old software engineer Sweta Utkal Kumari, who had been found hanging in a rented flat in Chandrasekharpur area Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Sweta’s father had lodged a complaint at Chandresekharpur Police Station alleging her boyfriend Soumyajit Mohapatra was harassing her mentally, physically, and financially. “She was forced into a relationship and was blackmailed for money,” the complaint stated.
Sweta was a native of Bhadrak and worked at a reputed IT firm in the city. The police are to issue a summon notice to Soumyajit Mohapatra for questioning to find out the exact reason why she took the extreme step.
