5 family members arrested for abetment to suicide in HP

Dharamshala, May 8 (UNI) Five members of a family were arrested for abetting their daughter-in-law to commit suicide in a village in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, police sources today said.

Reeta Devi, married to Preetam Singh nine years back, committed suicide after being allegedly tortured for more dowry by her in laws in Santala village of the district recently, her father said in his complaint to the police.

He said his daughter was tortured for dowry for the last nine years of her marriage. So much so that she had to keep her two children him.

On an earlier occasion, the panchayat had mediated in the issue but nothing had come of it as she committed suicide, he said.

''My daughter was tortured, beaten up by her husband Preetam Singh, mother-in-law Sukha Devi, and father-in-law Bir Singh, her brother-in-law, Kewal Singh, and sister-in-law Sudharshana, that ultimately forced her to commit suicide,'' he said.

The police sources said the five have been arrested under Section 498 A, 306 and 34 of the IPC and remanded to judicial custody.

UNI