Four days after an 18-year-old boy allegedly ended life by suicide at Malke village, a group of persons protesting at the main chowk in Baghapurana town threatened to commit self-immolation on Saturday.Tension increased after members of a girl’s family, along with a large number of their relatives, blocked the Kotkapura-Moga road at the main chowk in Baghapurana. The protesters, some of them carrying petrol bottles, threatened self-immolation while demanding cancellation of an FIR registered against them on abetment-to-suicide charge.The developments follow the death of Jashanpreet Singh, whose body was found hanging from a tree in a field at Malke village on April 13. A resident of Burj Harika in Faridkot, Jashanpreet was the only son of his parents and an aspirant for police job. He frequently visited Malke for physical training.After his death, the boy’s relatives staged a protest outside the Smalsar police station, alleging that members of a girl’s family had forced him to take the extreme step. They claimed the boy was in relationship with the girl and was allegedly harassed by her family.Acting on the complaint, the Smalsar police registered a case on abetment-to-suicide charge against some members of the girl’s family on Friday.The family, backed by community members, launched a counter-protest in Baghapurana, terming the allegations baseless and claiming they were being falsely implicated. They warned of mass self-immolation if the FIR was not withdrawn.The standoff between the two families has put the police in a delicate position. Officers rushed to the spot and attempted to defuse the situation, especially as protesters sat on the road holding petrol-filled bottles.Smalsar police station SHO Mangal Singh said efforts were on to pacify the protesters. “We are assuring them that a thorough probe will be conducted before any further legal action is taken,” he added.