A model commits suicide in Mumbai, and her ex-bf (who was blamed in the suicide note) is a suspect. ToI has a fine bit for not-blaming the bf:

Don’t blame the man if a woman commits suicide, there may be more to their broken relationship, says study. After supermodel Viveka Babaji left a suicide note on Friday blaming boyfriend Gautam Vora for driving her to end her life, Gautam has become the focus of Viveka’s suicide case. Neighbours in the Bandra apartment block heard the couple fighting late on Thursday night. And the last entry in Viveka’s diary allegedly reads, “You killed me Gautam Vora.” But does that incriminate Gautam in an abetment of suicide case under Section 306 of the IPC? It should be noted that Viveka, according to her elder sister Vineeta, had attempted suicide before, and was known to be hyper-sensitive, emotional, given to manic depressions, and lived a model’s life that flirted with drugs and alcohol abuse, loneliness, bad and broken relationships, the stress of insecurities and competition. Should then a man be held responsible for a woman’s suicide? Gautam has even denied his relationship with the former model.

Well-reasoned, nice argument.

It is then followed by:

Debate: Should a man be held responsible for a woman’s death, in circumstances like these?

That’s the classic Arnab Goswami style of debate, where the conclusion is drawn before the debate.

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