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Ludhiana realtor ends life; NRI woman among 5 booked for abetment
As per the deceased’s suicide note, the accused had been threatening him with a false rape case to grab his house, say police.
Distressed over being threatened with a false rape case and threats of property grab, a 50-year-old realtor ended his life by hanging himself at his office in Jhabewal village on Thursday.
Following recovery of a suicide note, the Jamalpur police on Friday booked five people, including three women, for abetment to suicide, as they had been threatening the deceased with the intention of grabbing his house in Thalla village, Phillaur, Jalandhar.
The accused have been identified as Mahinder Kaur, an NRI; Poonam, alias Nand Rani, and her husband, Aman, of Wadala village, Phillaur; Amrit Singh of Thalla village of Phillaur, who is the husband of the village sarpanch; and Gurdev Kaur, alias Baldev Kaur.
In his complaint to the police, the deceased’s son said his father used to live with his maternal uncle and aunt in Thalla village. After the death of her husband, the aunt had transferred a 188 square yards house to his name.
This left the aunt’s relatives vexed and they started threatening his father to grab the house, and filed a fake rape complaint to coerce him. This left him deeply disturbed and he hanged himself at his office on Thursday.
Assistant sub-inspector Paramjit Singh said they had launched a manhunt for the arrest of the accused, who had been booked under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
