calangute calangute police have ruled out arresting the girlfriend of romeo xavier fernandes romeo was found hanging in his rented room on monday evening and his family members had met deputy inspector general of police dig v ranganathan on thursday demanding that a murder case be registered against his girlfriend for abetting his suicide according to sources romeo had been in a relationship with the girl a resident of candolim for many years and the two had even started living together in a rented room at umtavaddo calangute the relationship had become strained in recent months due to romeos poor financial condition and because he was constantly taking money from his girlfriend while romeo worked as a bouncer from timetotime in different nightclubs the girl also worked in calangute according to the sources romeo would regularly assault the girl and the two had a major fight on the night of december 31 during which she was severely assaulted and her cellphone smashed following that incident she had approached the calangute police and sought their intervention in being reimbursed for the damaged cellphone following mediation by the police and relatives romeo had agreed to pay the amount three days before the suicide the girl called up romeo to inquire about the payment which had been delayed and also informed the police that she had still not been paid on monday romeo called up the girl at around 6pm and asked her to come to the room because he had a surprise gift for her after her duty ended at 810pm the girl reached the room at 820pm and on entering the open door she found romeo hanging from a nylon rope tied to a rafter on the ceiling she immediately alerted the landlord and also called up the police who then rushed to the site she then proceeded to her residence