Husband held after 24-year-old hangs herself in Ludhiana

Case of dowry death also registered against his mother, father and sister

Two days after a 24-year-old woman hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Gobindsar Mohalla in Daba, police arrested her husband on Wednesday.

The victim’s mother told the police that she had called her on Monday afternoon to tell her that her in-laws were demanding dowry and harassing her. (Getty Images)

Police have also booked the woman’s mother-in-law, father-in-law and sister-in-law for dowry death, on the statement of her parents.

As per information, the accused works with a private surveyor for the power supply department, and had got married to the victim around a year and a half ago and they have a three-month-old daughter.

The victim’s mother, a resident of Yamunanagar, told the police that her daughter rang her up on Monday afternoon, stating that her in-laws were harassing her for dowry. A few hours later, when she rang up her daughter again, her mother-in-law said she was asleep. Later, the victim’s sister-in-law informed the complainant that she had died.

Daba station house officer (SHO) inspector Pawittar Singh said the body was handed over to the family after post-mortem and a case under Section 304B (dowry death) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused.

“The husband was arrested today. The three other accused will be arrested soon,” the SHO said.