Updated On: 06 October, 2023 08:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
Says accused female friend has access to documents that they were denied

Manav Lalwani, 24
The Deonar-based family that approached the Supreme Court to get an FIR registered in their son’s suicide case has highlighted four major lapses in the police investigation. Right from flaws in call data records to the non-retrieval of CCTV footage and confusion over whether the investigation is concluded or not, the family has alleged there are several lapses in the Trombay police probe.
Manav Lalwani, 24, committed suicide on the night of December 2, 2021. The Trombay police had filed Accidental Death Report (ADR) in the case, but no FIR was registered despite complaints from the family. Manav’s father Prakash had approached the Kurla Metropolitan Magistrate Court where the magistrate refused to entertain the plea. The family then went to the Sessions Court and finally to the Supreme Court to obtain an order for registration of an FIR, under IPC Section 306 (abetment of suicide), against Manav’s female friend.