Kotwali police booked five persons, including two women, for a dowry death after a 24-year-old constable posted with Kotwali police station committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at her house at Marwadi road on March 31; Kotwali police found that the deceased was harassed by her husband and in-laws.
According to the police the deceased, Rakhi Tomar was found hanging and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.
In the initial investigation, police found that the deceased committed suicide while family members were asleep. During the investigation, police have reason behind the suicide that she was harassed for dowry.The deceased was posted with Kotwali police station. Initially after the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered by the police.
Later in the investigation, police found that the deceased was harassed by her husband and in-laws demanding dowry and claims of harassment were made by her family members in the complaint.The police registered a case under section 304 B of the IPC and section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the three accused.
Case against Rakhi’s husband Ravi Jadon, mother-in-law Archana Jadon, father-in-law Bhupendra Jadon, brother-in-law Shyam Sundar and Grandmother Usha Devi. The accused are yet to be arrested.During investigation police found a suicide note in which Rakhi mentioned that she was harassed demanding dowry by her husband and his family members.