New Delhi July 25: Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday acquitted former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda in connection with the death of air hostess Geetika Sharma by suicide. The former minister was arrested in 2012 on charges of rape and abetment to suicide after a Delhi court put him on trial in connection with the Geetika Sharma case. Twist in Bengaluru Air Hostess Death Case, Police Probe Reveals Boyfriend Pushed Her to Death After She Threatened Legal Action for Not Marrying.
Sharma worked in Kanda's aviation company, MDLR airlines, named after his father Murli Dhar Lakh Ram, and had accused him of harassment in her suicide note. Air Hostess Molested in Plane! Drunk Passenger 'Molests' Flight Attendant Onboard Dubai-Amritsar Flight, Arrested.
Gopal Kanda Acquitted in Air Hostess Suicide Case
VIDEO | "The court had cited some circumstances while framing charges against us. The prosecution failed to prove those circumstances," says lawyer of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, who was acquitted in a case of abetment of the suicide of former air hostess Geetika Sharma… pic.twitter.com/Pcxhr6xzb2
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Geetika was found dead on August 5, 2012, at her Ashok Vihar residence in North-West Delhi.