Husband held for abetting suicide; two kin absconding

The Dehlon police in Ludhiana district have booked three members of a family from Alamgir village for allegedly abetting the suicide of the wife of the main accused, who hanged herself from a ceiling fan on Monday.

The main accused, identified as Jaskaran Singh (husband), has been arrested, while the other two suspects — Harjinder Kaur (mother-in-law) and Manna (brother-in-law) — have gone absconding after the registration of the case on Tuesday.

Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Karamsar Colony, New Subhash Nagar, Ludhiana, alleged that his sister, Diviya Kumari, had died by suicide after hanging herself in her room on Monday.

Pankaj claimed the accused had consistently harassed and mentally tortured the deceased since her marriage in 2017, which had driven her to take the extreme step.

Investigating Officer Jarnail Singh said that Jaskaran Singh was arrested while attempting to flee the area late on Tuesday evening.