A case of abetment to suicide has been registered with the Koh-e-Fiza police after a 38-year-old woman committed suicide on July 27 by jumping into the Upper lake.
Harassed with atrocities by her husband, Mahima Khatri had committed suicide by jumping into the Upper lake. Before she was spotted dead, she had gone missing on July 26 and a missing complaint was lodged with the Shahjehanabad police.
On Sunday, body of a woman was found at the Upper lake and during the investigation, the identity of the deceased was established as Mahima Khatri. It was found that before leaving the house, she has a fight with her husband Rajesh Khatri after which she claimed that she would commit suicide and was later found dead at Upper lake.
Family of the deceased claimed that she used to remain depress over the behaviour of her husband. Deceased’s husband used to beat her and was a habitual drinker.
After the deceased left the house, search for her was started by the family and when they were not able to search her they filed a missing complaint with the Shahjehanabad police and later in the morning on Monday, the deceased was found at Upper lake.
The deceased was a resident of Reliable colony at Idgah Hills area. The deceased is survived by two children, a 13-year-old girl and seven-year-old boy.
After it was established in the investigation that the deceased’s husband Rajesh used to harass her and was a habitual drinker and due to the harassment for long, the deceased used to remain disturbed and depressed, police have registered a case under section 306 of the IPC and have started further investigation into the matter.