Wife, in-laws booked for man’s suicide in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 7

A man, who had tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire a few days ago, breathed his last at the PGI, Chandigarh. The man had taken the extreme step due to the alleged harassment by his wife.

A case has been registered against his wife Preeti Rani, her father Ramdev, her mother Soma Devi and one Vikram Kumar.

Parveen Kumar, father of the deceased and resident of Tibba road, Ludhiana, told the police that his son got married to Preeti a few years back. Preeti and her parents had been mentally torturing his son due to which his son developed depression.

Recently when his son’s wife left home to live with her parents, his son felt humiliated and expressed to end his life.

He said on September 30, his son set himself on fire at their residence and suffered serious burn injuries. He was rushed to the PGI, Chandigath, for treatment. “Since my son’s condition was critical, he could not survive. Yesterday he succumbed at his burns at the PGI,” alleged the deceased’s father.

Investigation officer ASI Sukhdev Singh of the Tibba police station said after receiving a complaint on Wednesday, a case of abetment to suicide was registered against the deceased’s wife, and in-laws.