Husband arrested for abetting suicide

NAKODAR: The Nakodar sadar police have arrested husband of a woman on the charge of abetting suicide and booked his father and mother.

The investigating officer (IO)Sarabjit Singh said the accused has been identified as Varindar Singh alias Vicky a resident of Malsian village under Shahkot police station.

Gurmit Singh alias Manga a resident of Khan Pur Dhadda village complained to the police that his sister Amandeep Kaur’s marriage was solemnized with Varindar Singh in 2018 and she was being harassed and tortured for bring more dowry ever since her marriage.

Manga said that his sister came to her parental house after she was assaulted and she committed suicide on February 8 night by hanging herself.

The IO said a case under sections 306 (abetting suicide) 498-A (husband or relative of a women subjecting her to cruelty) and 34 (committing crime with common intention) of the IPC has been registered against the accused and his father Dev Singh and mother Kamaljit Kaur and further investigations are on.