Reporter ends life, woman accuses him of harassment

Varanasi: A television new channel reporter Rohit Srivastava, who was missing for the past several days, ended his life by jumping into the Ganga river from Vishwasundari bridge on Thursday afternoon.
The suicide took a mysterious turn when a woman, who possessed his mobile phone, met SSP Amit Pathak along with her lawyer. While handing over Srivastava’s phone, she levelled serious allegations of fraud and sexual harassment against him.
The SSP, however, said a suicide note of several pages has been recovered, further complicating the matter. “Any thing conclusive could be said only after a through probe,” he said.
“Srivastava, a native of Chandauli district dwelt in a flat in Sigra area. Reports stated that during lockdown he accommodated a woman in his flat. He went missing about 10 days ago and his family lodged a case with Sigra police in this connection on August 4,” said Pathak.
However, the cops could not trace him while his mobile phone was allegedly being used by the woman. On Thursday, he surprisingly appeared at Vishwasundari bridge around 12 noon and jumped into the Ganga. Several fishermen present there rescued and rushed him to the Trauma centre of BHU, where he died during the course of treatment.