An 18-year-old girl dies of a drug overdose in Lucknow after she was reportedly enticed into a thrill-seeking experience by her male friend.
According to the police, an 18-year-old girl reportedly died due to a drug overdose after she was enticed into a thrill-seeking experience by her male friend. The girl’s male friend reportedly took her to a vacant plot in Tiwariganj, Lucknow, and injected her with a mixture of medicine and an addictive drug.
The deceased girl had a private job in Bengaluru. On April 3, she returned to Lucknow. The incident happened on April 7, when she left her Mahanagar residence to catch a train for Bengaluru from the Charbagh Railway Station.
According to the police, the girl's condition worsened after the cocktail overdose, and at that time, the youth also got heavily intoxicated. When her male friend dialed UP112 and looked for help, the police immediately reached the location and took her to Ram Manohar Hospital, where after performing an ECG, the doctors pronounced her dead.
The police said that the family of the girl stated uncertainty that the drug overdose may have been intentional to murder her.
The accused Vivek Moury, during interrogation, told police that his thrill-seeking experiment had gone wrong. The accused also said that the girl called him while leaving the residence and sought to consume the addictive drug.
Vivek Moury told police that he took the girl to a friend's vacant plot in Tiwariganj, where he mixed smack in Avil injection. Vivek first administered it to himself and then injected the girl with it.
Based on the complaint by the deceased mother, the BBD police took the accused into custody and then sent the girl’s body for a post-mortem. ACP Anindya Vikram Singh said that the accused Vivek Moury (28) alias Vikas of Barabanki, has been arrested. The accused was staying at Mahanagar and was friends with the victim. He also said that the BBD police registered the FIR under IPC section 302 (Murder) but it was changed to IPC section 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) during the investigation.
During the inquiry, the police learned that earlier, the girl and her family used to live on rent in Vivek's residence in the New Hyderabad area in Lucknow. The police said that Vivek was addicted to drugs, and he also made her consume the drugs.
The police said that the accused got frightened when he learned about the girl's demise, and he ran away from the hospital. But before that, the accused notified the girl's family regarding the incident. However, the police apprehended Vivek near the Indira Canal.
At the vacant plot, the police found a syringe and a pack of smack. The police investigation also disclosed that there was no one involved except the girl and the accused.
(Input from various sources)
(Rehash/Lavanya Beeraboina/MSM)
