Woman ends life fearing separation from 4-month-old son

LUCKNOW: Fearing separation from her four-month-old son, a 24-year-old woman ended her life in Pawanpuri locality under Alambagh police station limits here on Monday night. Police arrested the husband after registering an FIR of dowry death and domestic violence against six people on Tuesday.

Assistant commissioner of police (ACP) of Alambagh police circle, Lal Pratap Singh said the complainant Wasim Bano accused Asif, the husband of her daughter Shahgufta, 24, (the deceased), his father Munna, mother Parveen, and three sisters Tanveer, Pummy and Reena for the death of the woman. “The accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code section 304-B for dowry death, 498-A for domestic violence and 3/4 dowry prevention act,” the ACP said.

He said Wasim Bano mentioned that her daughter was married to Asif around 1.5 years ago and they had four-month-old son from their marriage. He said Shahgufta relations were strained with Asif for last one year over dowry demands and earlier also they had confrontation between them. He said the deceased had even filed a case in the family court for the possession of her son, but Asif forcibly took the child along with him when she left his house.

He said the complainant alleged that Shahgufta later returned to her husband’s place to avoid separation from her son. But, the woman allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling of a room at her husband’s place in Alambagh, fearing separation from her son.

The ACP said, “The deceased woman’s husband has been arrested after registering an FIR and the body has been sent for post-mortem examination and its report is awaited. Further action will be taken accordingly.”

MAN, BROTHER BOOKED FOR DOWRY DEATH

Police booked two persons for dowry death in Krishna Nagar area of Luconow. As per the FIR filed in the Krishna Nagar police station by the woman’s brother Prakash Shrivastava, his sister Neha shrivastava was married to Alok Shrivastava in June last year. “She was being tortured by her husband and his younger brother Dileep Shrivastava for dowry and on December 1, they asked me to take my sister along,” the complainant alleged.

On January 20, 2020, the woman told her brother (complainant) and mother that she was not feeling like living with her husband out of some fear.

Meanwhile, police booked husband and his younger brother for dowry death and domestic violence and investigation is on.