Jamshedpur: Dowry torture angle in woman’s suicide

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, Dec 17: A 35 year-old woman, identified as Amrita Singh, reportedly committed suicide by hanging self to death in her matrimonial house at Teachers’ Colony under Birsanagar police station area late yesterday evening.

Sources said the deceased had a tiff with her in-laws yesterday evening after which she went to her room. Sometime later, her in-laws found her hanging from the ceiling of her room. She was taken to hospital where she was declared brought dead, sources said.

Amrita is survived by two minor daughters. Her parental family lodged a police complaint against her husband Amit Singh and her in-laws and accused them of having murdered her for dowry. Amrita’s parental family alleged that the accused husband often beat up Amrita and his family members tortured her mentally and physically for dowry.