Woman, kin booked for abetment to suicide of husband in Ludhiana

Oct 01, 2021 Source timesofindia and hindustantimes

 Ludhiana woman, kin booked for abetment to suicide of husband 

Ludhiana: A woman and her two relatives have been booked for abetment to suicide after her 35-year-old husband, identified as Baldev Raj, ended his life at their house in Atal Nagar, Tibba, on Thursday.

The man committed suicide by hanging, his mother Bimla Devi’s complaint to Ludhiana police says; she says 

“Baldev had got married to Anita in 2011. They have two children. Due to their strained relations, Anita left our house four months ago, leaving the children with us. 

She left again on September 27, she returned, but again had a fight with Baldev. Two days later, she left our house, went to her aunt’s place and filed a complaint of harassment against us, on September 29. The police had even summoned us for questioning.”

Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sukhdev Singh, who is investigating the case, said a case under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 34 (acts done by common intention) of the IPC has been registered against the accused. 

“At the police station, Anita refused to come home and went with her aunt and cousin. Baldev felt humiliated. The investigating officer of the case was also harassing Baldev,” Bimla Devi added.

An audio message, reportedly left by the victim, before committing suicide has emerged, in which he has accused his wife, her two relatives and a Khanna-based medical practitioner of forcing him to end his life. The note accuses the ASI of throwing him in the lock-up and releasing him only after taking a bribe. Assistant commissioner of police (ACP east) Davinder Chaudhary said investigation was on and action will be taken based on its report. “An abetment to suicide case has been registered against Anita and her two relatives. We are verifying the allegations against the ASI.

 In another incident May 3, 2021,

Tibba police on Saturday evening booked a woman for abetting suicide after her husband ended his life allegedly after getting “fed up” of her fights. The accused was identified as Monika. 

Neelam Rani of Gurmail park in Tibba Road, in her police complainant, said her son Bhushan got married to the accused in 2016. She added that Monika would frequently fight with her son and, fed up of that, he ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at home. Neelam Rani  went to her son’s room to give him lunch but found him hanging from the fan. 

Police later booked the accused under Section 306 of IPC (Abetment to suicide). 

Investigating officer (IO) of the case, assistant sub-inspector Gurpreet Singh said the accused is on the run and a manhunt has been launched to arrest her. He added that the accused along with her three-year-old daughter had left her husband’s place about a month ago and had been living at her parents place in Mayapuri area.

Source TOI