Sangrur: Father commits suicide after girl 'elopes'

Parvesh Sharma
Tribune News Service
Sangrur, June 5

After a ward attendant of the local civil hospital allegedly committed suicide last night, Sangrur police have registered an abetment to suicide case against Punjab State Scheduled Castes (SC) Commission member, her husband and their three sons.

The deceased took the extreme step after his daughter allegedly eloped with the son of the commission member.

Deceased Sanjeev Kumar allegedly consumed poison on Thursday after he failed to trace his 27-year-old unmarried daughter, who had eloped with the son of the commission member on Tuesday.   

Kumar breathed his last at Rajindra Hospital Patiala while his family members along with neighbours protested at Mahavir Chowk, Sangrur, by placing his body on the road and demanding the arrest of all accused at the earliest.

“We have registered a case under sections 306 IPC against commission member Poonam Kangra, her husband Darshan Kangra and their three sons. The wife of the deceased has alleged that the accused had been threatening to marry her daughter forcibly with their son. After his daughter disappeared from home, she alleged that he took the extreme step,” said Satpal Sharma, DSP Rural Sangrur, who pacified the protesters with an assurance to arrest the accused at the earliest.  

DSP Sharma said that special teams have been conducting raids to arrest all five accused at the earliest.

But Darshan Kangra and his wife have denied the allegations,

“Both the boy and girl, who eloped three days back are adults. We are also trying to trace them, but my political opponents have instigated the family of the girl and got a false case registered against us,” they said.