Wife, 2 sisters booked for abetting suicide

The Nakodar City police have booked three women for abetting suicide and criminal conspiracy.

The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Kaur, wife of Bikram Singh of Mohalla Sarai, Nakodar, her sisters Rakhi of Kaji Mandi, Jalandhar, and Jyoti of near Gurdwara Dukhnivaran Sahib, Patiala.

Vipin Kumar, alias Baba, a resident of Mohalla Saria and father of the deceased Bikram (40), who ended his life by strangulating himself on Monday, complained to the police that his son’s marriage was solemnised with Gurpreet Kaur about 12 years back and had three children.

The father of the deceased said in his complaint that both sisters of Gurpreet Kaur used to visit his house and harass his son, and about three months ago, all three accused quarrelled with his son, who told them he would do something wrong due to the continuous harassment by them.

Vipin Kumar said that after this incident, his daughter-in-law went to her parents, and all three accused continued to harass his son on the mobile phone and forced him to end his life.

A case has been registered against the accused. The body of the deceased has been handed over to the family after the post-mortem.

Jalandhar