Bassi Pathana: Woman commits suicide, in-laws booked

Surinder Bhardwaj

Fatehgarh Sahib, March 30

A married woman reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a ceiling fan at her in-laws’ house in Bassi Pathana today.

The deceased has been identified as Rajni Rani. On the complaint of the parents of the deceased, the victim’s mother-in-law and brother-in-law have been booked.

Bassi Pathana SHO Manpreet Singh Deol said Balwinder Singh, victim’s father and a resident of Gobindgarh village, said his daughter was married to Baljinder Singh of Bassi Pathana four years ago and the couple had a two-and-a-half-years old daughter.

He alleged that soon after the marriage, Rajni’s mother-in-law Mandeep Kaur and her brother-in-law Lovepreet Singh started harassing her and kept taunting her on one pretext or the other. He said his daughter called him several times and kept informing about the taunts and ill-treatment meted out to her.

He said that on March 28, she called him again and told that she was fed up and requested him to take her from the in-laws house. Howver, he told his daughter to stay quiet. He said after some time, his wife Kamaljeet Kaur told him that Rajni’s in-laws had called to inform that she had hanged herself with a ceiling fan.

The in-laws took Rajni to the Fatehgarh Sahib Civil Hospital for treatment, but she died there.

The Station House Officer said the police have registered a case against both accused — Mandeep Kaur and Lovepreet Singh — under various sections on the basis of the statement of the deceased father and they would be arrested soon. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem examination.