Husband, mother-in-law booked for 22-year-old wife’s suicide

The deceased was identified as Asha Sahani, (22), a resident of Khatavkar building in Dangat Patil Estate of Warje Malwadi, Pune

A husband and his mother were booked for driving his 22-year-old wife to die by suicide over money to pay for a Katraj dairy franchisee.

A complaint in the matter was lodged by the deceased woman’s 50-year-old mother (Getty Images)

The deceased was identified as Asha Sahani, (22), a resident of Khatavkar building in Dangat Patil Estate of Warje Malwadi, Pune. The husband was identified as Karan Sahani (28).

A complaint in the matter was lodged by the deceased woman’s 50-year-old mother, a resident of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Most members of the Sahani family are labourers, according to the police.

“They had taken the franchise already. The money was brought from her parents. Even after they had paid off for the agency, they wanted more money and kept asking her for it,” said senior police inspector Machindra Pandit of Warje Malwadi police station.

The two were married in January 2019. The 50-year-old woman complained that the two used to harass her daughter for money in order to buy a Katraj Dairy franchisee. The two also verbally abused her and physically assaulted her.

A case under Sections 498(a) (domestic violence), 306 (abetment to suicide) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code was registered at Warje Malwadi police station.

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