Two separate suicide cases were reported in Ludhiana on Thursday after a 30-year-old woman and a 35-year-old shopkeeper consumed poisonous substances. Police have registered cases in connection with both the incidents and booked three people for alleged abetment of suicide.
It was their second marriage and the couple had no children. In the first case, Salem Tabri police booked the woman’s husband under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on a complaint filed by her brother.
The woman had married the accused, a resident of Salem Tabri area, around two-and-a-half years ago, according to the complaint. Police said the victim was allegedly in a relationship with the woman. ASI Mahinderpal said the note further states that when the victim asked the woman to return his mobile phone and other belongings, she threatened to implicate him in a case and later filed a police case against him. Police said they were investigating the role of the accused in the case and also verifying the allegations in the note and are yet to establish whether any such complaint was registered against the victim.
The victim’s brother, a resident of Jamalpur, alleged that the accused had been harassing his sister over unlawful dowry demands after marriage. The victim’s family found a nine-page note at the shop and handed it over to the police for investigating the case.
