BSF MAN HELD FOR ABETTING WIFE’S SUICIDE

ABOHAR:A jawan with the Border Security Force (BSF), Sriram, his parents and brother-in-law have been booked for abetment to suicide after the jawan’s wife, Kusum, a 25-year-old of Panchkosi village, 18km from district headquarters, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house on Monday.

Police acted after the victim’s brother, Mohinder Kumar, gave a dowry complaint against her husband and in-laws.

The couple had tied the knot five years ago. Sriram had come to his home town on leave, from Delhi, for 45 days and was supposed to join duty on November 15.

“On Sunday, Kusum had told us over phone that her in-laws had thrashed her. In the evening, we were told that the panchayat had resolved the matter. On Monday at 8am, we were informed that she was dead. When we reached home, her body was hanging from the ceiling fan,” Kumar said, adding that the in-laws had been harassing his sister for dowry.

Superintendent of police Varinder Choudhary, who visited the spot, said, “On a statement from the victim’s family, the woman’s husband, Sriram; Kailash Chand, father-in-law; Pawarti, mother-in-law and Gaganpreet, brother-in-law have been booked under sections 304B (death of a woman caused by burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.”