Patiala: Man commits suicide; wife, mother-in-law booked

PATIALA: A woman, her daughter and an old man were booked under sections of IPC including abetment to suicide, after a 40-year-old man committed suicide by consuming poison.
The police is yet to nab the accused but claimed to initiate the probe soon into the allegations that the accused old woman had taken a loan from an old aged man some years ago but later she failed to repay it following which she had allegedly sold out her daughter to the money lender.
The police said that the deceased has been identified as Sukhchain Singh of Achal village in the district who allegedly committed suicide on Monday by consuming poisonous substance. The case has been registered on the complaint of Balkar Singh of Achal village who claimed that Sukhchain was assaulted and insulted by his wife and her paramour on Sunday while he had gone to convince her to come back.
The police said that the accused has been identified as Karnail Kaur, her mother Amarjit Kaur and Karnail’s paramour Des Raj.
Complainant Balkar Singh, while speaking to TOI said, “Sukhchain was my uncle and was married to Karnail Kaur. The couple had 5 children including 5 girls and a boy. Their eldest daughter is 17-year-old. Sukhchain’s mother-in-law had taken a loan from Des Raj around 18 years ago to marry off her daughter Karnail Kaur to my uncle Sukhchain but she failed to repay it. Now after several years, Des Raj started demanding his money back despite he was already in an alleged relationship with Sukhchain’s wife. A few months back, Karnail’s mother married her off to Des Raj without getting a divorce from Sukhchain.”
Balkar added that Sukhchain persuaded his wife Karnail but all in vain while on Sunday he was assaulted and insulted by the accused Des Raj following which he committed suicide.
Station House Officer Sadar Nabha police station said, “We have booked the accused under sections of abetment to suicide but they are yet to be arrested. Once the accused are arrested we would conduct a probe if human smuggling was done by accused woman Amarjit Kaur who allegedly had sold out her own daughter to the money lender. The sections of IPC will be added after the probe is completed.”