A 36-year-old man was arrested for abetting his wife’s suicide by consuming pesticide in July this year at Durga Nagar under Chunabhatti police station area.
According to the police, the deceased Sudha Sen committed suicide on July 30 last by consuming pesticide and it was found that she committed suicide due to atrocities by her husband Anjani Sen.
The atrocities faced by the deceased emerged after the family members of the deceased alleged that she was tortured by her husband and later in the investigation based on the post mortem report investigation was started by senior officials. After the suicide a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered after the body was sent for the post mortem and investigation was started by CSP Habibganj.
CSP Habibganj CM Dwivedi said that the deceased was physically and mentally tortured by the accused husband which was found by the police during the investigation. The neighbours and relatives of the deceased were questioned and they told that the accused husband used to harass the deceased. Deceased and accused used to work as labour and constant atrocity by the accused husband forced the deceased to take extreme step, he added.
After the investigation the police have registered a case under section 306 of the IPC on Thursday and nabbed the accused. He was produced in the court and was sent under judicial custody on Friday. The couple had two children a 10-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl.