Tribune News Service
Pathankot, June 16
A Patiala youth, who had eloped with a Pathankot-based girl a year ago, ended his life while in the custody of the Pathankot police.
SSP Gulneet Singh Khurana said the youth, Harmandeep Singh (24), hanged himself from the fan with a piece of cloth this morning. “He had been brought from Sanuar in Patiala district yesterday after the parents of the girl complained to the police that he was harassing their daughter. We produced him in a court yesterday, which sent him to judicial custody. The court had ordered that he undergoes a Covid test. We had lodged him in the Nangal Bhoor police station in transit remand,” said the SSP. He added that an inquest had been marked into the incident.
Moga Woman dies by suicide
- A 20-year-old woman, who got married four months ago, has allegedly died by suicide at Auggar village of Moga
- Identified as Ramandeep Kaur, her mother Binder Kaur alleged that her daughter was harassed for dowry by her in-laws
- A case under Sections 34 and 306 of IPC (abetment of suicide) has been registered against her husband and his parents
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