Nagpur: "You just missed the chance to have the last coffee with me, buddy," was what rural police constable Manjusha Gajapure, 32, told one of her friends a day ago when she had turned down her offer to go for an outing. The friend stood gaping at the Khare Town apartment on Thursday morning where Manjusha ended her life by consuming poison.
Manjusha, posted at Reader's Branch of Rural Police, would often come up with far-out wisecracks. There seems to be a poignant prank about her choice of the moment, a day before her birthday, to end her life too. A very social Manjusha would have received many gifts on her birthday. But she wanted to ensure gift of vision to someone whose world is dark. Manjusha mentioned in her suicide note, printed on a computer, that she intended to donate her eyes.
Suffering from depression for last two years, Manjusha seemed to be uninterested in celebrating her 33{+r}{+d} birthday on Friday. Manjusha had hinted many times in the last two years about her intention to end her life.
It was beyond the imagination of Manjusha's family that the psychology post-graduate woman would actually take the step. On February 16, a prospective bridegroom from Kolhapur was set to come to meet her family members. Manjusha even made the necessary arrangements for her family to travel to Kolhapur to meet the groom's family. Her relatives said that the family was set to finalise the match.
Manjusha, known to be a stoic person, had been suffering from asthma. She was undergoing treatment for it. Police said that her recurring illness could be a reason for her act. People close to Manjusha had often heard her jocularly say she would like to have the same birth and death date. No one had taken the banter seriously until her lifeless body was found at her apartment.
Manjusha stayed at the apartment with her father Anandrao, a sub-divisional officer who retired from agriculture department, and mother Ashalatabai. Two printed suicide notes were retrieved from her room. One of them seemed to be composed recently while the other had the mention of October month. Manjusha had urged the cops not to bother her parents with too many queries after her death. She took the blame upon herself. The latest note was signed by her.
Manjusha's elder sister Rajashri Dhomne told TOI that Manjusha had a fetish for getting herself clicked at studios. She would bring her photographs in frames of different sizes. She would ask her family members to garland those frames after she was gone. The sobbing family members seemed hit hard by the reality of her black humour.
Sources from rural police said Manjusha had even informed a senior male colleague that she would not come to work again before leaving office the previous day. As usual, the colleague had taken the words as another of her jokes.
Manjusha had joined the police department in 2003. Fifth among six siblings, she was entrusted with the responsibility of compiling daily crime report (DCR). Now, her suicide has been recorded as an accidental death at Sitabuldi police station. A hardworking Manjusha would spend the early hours to compile the DCR and later return to application branch to sort out the grievances from citizens approaching the cops. A former student of Nagpur University, she was proficient in computers.
Family members claimed Manjusha had come home from work, as usual, in the evening. She later had her dinner and went to terrace for a walk. She had even prepared tea for her father Anandrao which the family enjoyed. Anandrao discovered Manjusha's body on the floor with froth coming out of her mouth. He had gone to wake up Manjusha who leaves home by 4.30 am for work. The door to her room was shut but not locked.
Anandrao informed a local doctor who pronounced her dead. The neighbours too rushed to her apartment to extend help to the Gajapures. Her eldest brother Rajesh is a lecturer at Chandrapur while youngest Abhijit is studying management at Rajasthan.
Police said she had purchased three bottles of pesticide. They found the container from which Manjusha drank the poison in the open space near the apartment. This led to the doubt that Manjusha may have consumed the pesticide while taking a walk on the terrace.
Manjusha, posted at Reader's Branch of Rural Police, would often come up with far-out wisecracks. There seems to be a poignant prank about her choice of the moment, a day before her birthday, to end her life too. A very social Manjusha would have received many gifts on her birthday. But she wanted to ensure gift of vision to someone whose world is dark. Manjusha mentioned in her suicide note, printed on a computer, that she intended to donate her eyes.
Suffering from depression for last two years, Manjusha seemed to be uninterested in celebrating her 33{+r}{+d} birthday on Friday. Manjusha had hinted many times in the last two years about her intention to end her life.
It was beyond the imagination of Manjusha's family that the psychology post-graduate woman would actually take the step. On February 16, a prospective bridegroom from Kolhapur was set to come to meet her family members. Manjusha even made the necessary arrangements for her family to travel to Kolhapur to meet the groom's family. Her relatives said that the family was set to finalise the match.
Manjusha, known to be a stoic person, had been suffering from asthma. She was undergoing treatment for it. Police said that her recurring illness could be a reason for her act. People close to Manjusha had often heard her jocularly say she would like to have the same birth and death date. No one had taken the banter seriously until her lifeless body was found at her apartment.
Manjusha stayed at the apartment with her father Anandrao, a sub-divisional officer who retired from agriculture department, and mother Ashalatabai. Two printed suicide notes were retrieved from her room. One of them seemed to be composed recently while the other had the mention of October month. Manjusha had urged the cops not to bother her parents with too many queries after her death. She took the blame upon herself. The latest note was signed by her.
Manjusha's elder sister Rajashri Dhomne told TOI that Manjusha had a fetish for getting herself clicked at studios. She would bring her photographs in frames of different sizes. She would ask her family members to garland those frames after she was gone. The sobbing family members seemed hit hard by the reality of her black humour.
Sources from rural police said Manjusha had even informed a senior male colleague that she would not come to work again before leaving office the previous day. As usual, the colleague had taken the words as another of her jokes.
Manjusha had joined the police department in 2003. Fifth among six siblings, she was entrusted with the responsibility of compiling daily crime report (DCR). Now, her suicide has been recorded as an accidental death at Sitabuldi police station. A hardworking Manjusha would spend the early hours to compile the DCR and later return to application branch to sort out the grievances from citizens approaching the cops. A former student of Nagpur University, she was proficient in computers.
Family members claimed Manjusha had come home from work, as usual, in the evening. She later had her dinner and went to terrace for a walk. She had even prepared tea for her father Anandrao which the family enjoyed. Anandrao discovered Manjusha's body on the floor with froth coming out of her mouth. He had gone to wake up Manjusha who leaves home by 4.30 am for work. The door to her room was shut but not locked.
Anandrao informed a local doctor who pronounced her dead. The neighbours too rushed to her apartment to extend help to the Gajapures. Her eldest brother Rajesh is a lecturer at Chandrapur while youngest Abhijit is studying management at Rajasthan.
Police said she had purchased three bottles of pesticide. They found the container from which Manjusha drank the poison in the open space near the apartment. This led to the doubt that Manjusha may have consumed the pesticide while taking a walk on the terrace.
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