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Man on the run after wife dies by suicide
The Pune police are on the lookout for a man from Kondhwa for driving his wife to suicide by spending their livelihood earnings on alcohol
The Pune police are on the lookout for a man from Kondhwa for driving his wife to suicide by spending their livelihood earnings on alcohol.
The 25-year-old woman was undergoing treatment at Sassoon General Hospital for burns caused during her suicide attempt on April 12 at around 7:30pm. However, the woman succumbed to her burns in the small hours of Saturday and was declared dead by the doctors.
The two had been married in 2017 and were living in a rented room in Sadguru Krupanagar area of Undri.
A complaint in the matter was lodged by her father, a 52-year-old resident of the same area.
In his complaint, he has stated that the money that his daughter had saved up for paying the rent and electricity bill of their house was wrongfully taken and spent by the accused in purchasing alcohol. The man also claims that the accused man suspected her of being involved with other men and beat her up over it.
Assistant police inspector Sandeep Madhale of Kondhwa police station is investigating the case.
A case under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 498(a) (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 504 (insult with an intention of provoking breach of peace) of Indian Penal Code was registered at Kondhwa police station.
