Tarn Taran: Suicide note helps cops find reason behind woman’s death

The two-and-a-half-month-old woman’s death case took a new turn with the recovery of a suicide note from the almirah in the house recently.

The deceased in question, Kuljit Kaur (43), a resident of Mughal Chakk Pannuan here, died by consuming some poisonous substance on March 1 in her house . On the statement of Jasbir Kaur, mother of the victim, the local Sadar police lodged a report under Section 194 of the BNSS the next day (March 2).

Recently, Komal, husband of the victim, who, after returning home from his work, opened the almirah of his wife and started searching for a thing, but he recovered a handwritten suicide note in which his wife Kuljit Kaur had mentioned that Surjit Singh Gagan, a resident of the same village, had fraudulently taken a loan worth 1.5 lakh from the Self-Help Group and from a private party in her name, but he was not repaying the instalments.

As a result, Kuljit Kaur suffered mental stress and consumed some poisonous substance and died. Sadar police station ASI Harpreet Singh said a case under Section 108 of the BNS has been registered against accused Surjit Singh Gagan, who is absconding. The police were conducting raids to nab him.