A man mowed down a woman under his car to satisfy his ego as he couldn't have his way with her. The incident took place outside a hotel (Hotel Everland Wish) in Jaipur's Malviya Nagar at 5:30 am on Tuesday. The main accused has been taken into custody and charges of murder and attempt to murder have been imposed.
The deceased woman, Uma Suthar was in her early 20s and was working in catering and event management. She was originally from Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. When the incident happened, she was with her friend Raj Kumar Jhajharia (27). The accused, Mangesh Arora (30) rammed his vehicle into the duo after a disagreement. This left the woman dead and the male friend badly injured.
What happened? Read excerpts from the FIR
According to the FIR filed on the basis of the complaint by Jhajharia, he and Suthar arrived at the hotel at 11pm on Monday for some work. Jhajharia had to review a work in the hotel where he had invested money. After some time, Arora and his girlfriend arrived at the hotel and were consuming liquor. But later they started hurling obscene comments at Jhajharia and Suthar.
"When they did not stop, we had to go and talk to them,” Jhajharia said in his complaint.
However, according to the Police, Arora arrived with his girlfriend Rikky at 2:30 am and was accompanied by another man. The DCP, Jaipur East, Gyan Chandra Yadav further added that Jhajharia, Suthar, Arora, Rikky and the hotel owner, Vishal, were common friends.
Jhajharia further claimed that Arora was looking at Suthar with wrong intentions. He also said that tried to touch her inappropriately and started talking rudely to her. Then, Suthar booked a cab at around 5 am and left the hotel with Jhajharia.
The DCP further added that Arora and the two persons with him also left the hotel. “There was another argument outside and abuses were hurled. Arora took out a baseball bat from his vehicle and damaged the cab which had been booked by Suthar," DCP said.
The hotel staff tried to intervene and stop the fight. Then, Arora reversed his car. Jhajharia came in front of his car and there was a heated exchange again with a warning of killing each other. It was then that Arora rammed his car into them. Suthar was admitted to the Fortic Hospital around 5:30 am. But the doctors said that she does due to her injuries.
“There was another argument outside and abuses were hurled. Arora took out a baseball bat from his vehicle and damaged the cab which had been booked by Suthar," Jhajharia said.
How did Police nab the accused
The FIR was lodged at Jawahar Circle Police Station and multiple teams were formed to nab Arora. Raids were also conducted at various places in Jaipur like Ajmer, Hanumangarh and more.
The DCP said, "He was on his way to Suratgarh (in Sri Ganganagar) when we detained his friend, Jitendra, who revealed his whereabouts to us. We put pressure on his father, relatives and friends… Arora then turned around and we picked him up from Jaipur."
Arora's friend Jitendra has also been detained and Police are investigating his role in the crime. "Arora had dropped off his car with Jitendra, who then took Arora in his own car and dropped him off in another location, from where he helped him hire a cab,” the DCP said.
An amount of Rs 9 lakh was discovered from Arora's car. During the preliminary questioning, he said that he paid that amount to Jitendra to help him hire a lawyer and deal with the case. Arora is originally from Ellenabad in Hryana's Sirsa. he has a garment showroom in Jaipur and his father has a business of spices.
Why the incident is terrifying
The incident terrifies us to the core as it is an example of what a fragile male ego can do. It is sad that the woman had to lose her life because a man couldn't control his rage out of a shattered ego. Moreover, his ego was formed out of his pride that he can hit at any girl he comes across, touch her inappropriately and pass lewd comments without being pulled out for it. This is how the ego of most men in our society is crafted. The unconditional freedom to do anything blindfolds their ability to think. All they know is they are unstoppable in a society ruled by patriarchy.
Suthar's attempt to call out his behaviour hurt Arora's ego. Every woman should actually attempt to question that unconditional freedom. Because being silent during injustice is equal to committing it. But then, what if they face the fate of Suthar? What if one night they are randomly killed or assaulted? Who will save us?
We cannot even hope for safety from society because it will blame women for raising their voices or trying to meddle with a man. But when will society question men for their fragile egos? When will men be taught to think beyond their ego and rage? When will they taught to respect the lives of women?
The society that we need is the one that supports women's rights to speak up and condemns men's unconditional freedom to commit crimes. But the society we live in is the one that shuts their women up, sometimes to death, to let the male ego retain its throne.
Views expressed are the author's own.
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