Fed up with the torture by in-laws for not bringing dowry as per their expectations, a 23-year-old woman living with her in-laws allegedly committed suicide by jumping into river Subernarekha on Friday morning.
As per police sources, a woman identified as Chandni Kumari, wife of Jyoti Prakash Singh, a resident of Bagbera Colony. She was married in January 2014.
On Friday morning, Chandni came to Sakchi to meet her brother Manoj Singh who worked in a mobile shop in Sakchi Market. After meeting her brother, she went up to Mango bridge and jumped into river and ended her life
According to the eyewitnesses, the woman also spotted a point having considerable water before she plunged into the river. Before jumping into the river, she had called her brother Manoj and said that she was going far away, hinting about suicide.
However, as the news spread and her brother and shop-owner Vishnu Agrawal, rushed to the spot it was too late. The brother rushed her to the MGM Medical College and Hospital where the doctor on emergency duty declared her brought dead.
Officer-in-charge, Sitaramdera police station, Sushil Chowdhury confirmed that a young woman to have committed suicide by drowning in the Subarnarekha.
"We are investigating the incident and yes this is a suicide case. The family members of the deceased have lodged an FIR in connection with the incident. We will send the body to the MGM Medical College mortuary for a post-mortem, and we will take the necessary action on the basis of the FIR and the post-mortem report," said Chowdhury.
Her brother Manoj Singh said that Chandni had got married to Jyoti Prakash on January 25 last year. They had given cash and dowry worth over Rs5 lakh, but the in-laws, including the husband were money monger and were demanding more money.
“It was her in-laws and husband that forced her to commit suicide. The husband and other members of the family were asking my sister to bring money for a four-wheeler. Her husband would even assault her," said the brother.
Manoj stated that the Jyoti Prakash's family had married Chandni on false information. Ram Narayan Singh, Jyoti's father had claimed that his son was a Chattered Accountant, but after the marriage we came to know that he was not at all a CA and would rather work as an accountant at a private firm in Bistupur.
Manoj also revealed that last evening his sister had given a call and had shared that her husband had beaten her in the morning as she wanted to come to her parent's house in Burmamines. The police said that the investigation was on.