Couple arrested, son booked for abetting suicide

Dilbag Singh

Couple arrested, son booked for abetting suicide

NAKODAR  12 AUGUST 

The Mehat Pur police have arrested a couple on the charge of abetting suicide and booked their son for the crime.

Station House Officer (SHO) Baljindar Singh said that the accused has been identified as Sjurjit Singh alias Jeeta son of Jogindar Singh a resident of Maherru village, and his wife Surjit Kaur alias Sapna, and their son Manjeet alias Suni has been booked.

Sukhwindar Singh, a resident of Maherru   village and brother of the deceased Manjit Singh Maan   who committed suicide on August 10 complained to the police that Manjit was unmarried, was living alone, and used to eat food from different houses. He said that he received information that Manjit was not opening the door of his house and reached there, where some other residents were standing.

The complainant said we somehow entered the house and found Manjit Singh sitting on a chair in a sub-conscious state and told them he had consumed poison and requested to record a video, and gave his phone to Karan, who started recording a video.

The deceased said in his recorded statement that he is ending his life due to harassment by the accused and their son, Manprit alias Suni. He said that he had purchased many

household items for the accused, who had also taken money from him, and when he asked for the money back, the accused started harassing him, and he consumed poison to end his life.

The complainant said we rushed Manjit to Nakodar Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead and demanded legal action against the accused

SHO said a case under section108 (abetting suicide) of the BNS was registered against the accused and their son Manpreet and the body of the deceased was handed over to the family after the postmortem.