18-year-old woman kills self; husband, his mother booked in Vadodara

VADODARA: Husband of an 18-year-old woman and her mother-in-law were booked by Vadodara rural police for abetting her suicide.
According to police, Alka Parmar ended her life at her home in Daulatpura village in Desar taluka on July 26 by hanging herself from ceiling fan.
Her father Dadu Solanki told police that when he asked Parmar’s husband and in-laws about her death, nobody told him anything.
Solanki said that two days before Parmar took the extreme step, she had called him and was crying on the phone. He alleged that Parmar had told her that her husband Shivang was not allowing her to wear any jewellery that she had received during her wedding. She also told him that her mother-in-law Saroj was also harassing her over petty issues.
“The complainant alleged that due to in-law’s harassment the woman ended her life. When we questioned her husband and in-laws, they did not give any satisfactory reason for her death,” said a police official.
Based on Solanki’s complaint, an offence of abetment of suicide and cruelty was registered at Desar police station.