A 56-year-old man who was accused of torturing his daughter-in-law leading the latter to commit suicide on May 5 night, committed suicide by consuming poison behind the Ghaghidih Central Jail under Parsudih police station area on Sunday.
The deceased identified as Anand Singh was found sitting under a tree behind the boundary of the central jail.
The police recovered an empty packet of pesticides from the trouser pocket of the deceased. They also recovered a suicide letter in which the deceased has mentioned how painful it was to lose his 30-year-old daughter-in-law Punam Singh who committed suicide by hanging at their residence in Turamdih Colony in Sundarnagar on May 5.
The police said this to be a case of suicide which was related to the suicide by the 30-year-old woman Punam Singh at Turamdih Colony in Sundarnagar on Thursday night.
Officer-in-charge, Sundarnagar police station, Dilip Yadav who is investigating the case it is a case of suicide though they are further investigating the incident. He said that Anand Singh who was a cloth trader had come out of his house at 7 am on Sunday, and his body was found under a tree behind the Ghaghidih Central Jail in Parsudih.
In the suicide letter, the deceased has said that there was some differences with his daughter -in-law Punam over loan money.
“I was hopeful that the dispute will be sorted out and we all will live in a peaceful way at our house. My daughter-in-law’s death had pained me much and it was difficult for me. Therefore I am also leaving the world,” Anand has said in the note.
Mother of a six-year-old son, Punam’s parents’ house was in Harharguttu in Bagbera. Her husband Vikram Singh had developed some mental problem a year ago and ever since she had to face problems at her in-laws, particularly by Anand Singh.
After the suicide of Punam, her brother Awdhesh Singh had lodged an FIR with the Sundarnagar police staiton, alleging Anand Singh to be responsible for her death.
Members of Punam Singh's family had alleged that Anand Singh had started advances at the woman, leading her to end her life.