25-yr-old woman commits suicide, husband arrested

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 5

The Basti Jodhewal police on Saturday registered an abetment to suicide case against a man, his mother and sister after his wife committed suicide due to alleged dowry harassment at Shimla Colony.

The deceased has been identified as Rajwinder Kaur (25). The accused are Kuldeep Singh (deceased’s husband), his mother Surinder Kaur and his sister Sonia. Kuldeep was arrested by the police on Sunday.

Complainant Mohan Singh of Kabir Nagar told the police that his daughter Rajwinder got married to Kuldeep in 2019 and immediately after marriage, the accused started torturing his daughter for dowry.

“Many a times we had urged the in-laws of our daughter not to harass her for dowry but they didn’t budge. We had also been giving desired gifts, including cash, to the accused time to time, but their greed remained. On Saturday, the accused had mentally and physically harassed my daughter due to which she committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in a room,” revealed the deceased’s father.

Earlier on many occasions, the accused had also beaten up his daughter.

Investigation officer ASI Surinder Kumar said when a police party reached the house on Saturday, all the accused had already left the house but on Sunday one accused was arrested.

No suicide note was recovered from the spot.