Woman ends life, husband booked

Jalandhar: Panic gripped Inderprastha locality on Friday after a woman hanged herself. The deceased has been identified as Shelly Sharma (24), who took the extreme step a day after celebrating her marriage anniversary. She worked as a beautician. On the complaint of deceased’s family, a case under Sections 304B and 34 of the IPC has been registered against her husband, Vipan Sharma, for torturing her. The woman was mentally disturbed and had shared her trauma with her brother on several occasions. Police Div No. 3 SHO Mukesh Kumar said Shelly was in depression. “The incident took place on Friday evening. Shelly was alone at home. She had sent our son (4) to the neighbour’s home. When he came back home after playing with his friends, he saw his mother hanging with a ceiling fan,” her husband said. While no suicide note was recovered, the SHO said Vipan was arrested on the complaint of the deceased’s brother. TNS

AAP protests high power charges

Jalandhar: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activists gathered at Dayanand Model School and burnt bills in protest against hefty electricity charges on Saturday. Rajwinder Kaur and Prem Kumar, AAP’s urban and rural chiefs, said Punjabis were fed up of expensive electricity. They said to take the issue of costly electricity door-to-door, a committee of over 150 volunteers was formed. The primary aim for constituting the committee is to align people with the ‘Bijli andolan’. They said in every village and mohalla of the district, public gatherings would be held to mobilise residents. Rajwinder said keeping in mind the Covid protocol, AAP would hold more than 16,000 jan sabhas and burn electricity bills. She said the CM had promised electricity at Rs5 per unit to small traders, which termed a false promise. Prem said if the AAP can provide free electricity in Delhi, why cannot the Punjab Government. TNS