Rajkot: In two separate incidents of harassment by husbands and in-laws, two married women in Rajkot and Jamnagar took their own lives to end the torture.
In Rajkot, 20-year-old Varsha Shiyal ended her life by hanging from a ceiling fan at her home in Shivnagar on Saturday morning. Shiyal’s father Lakha Mathiya told the police that his daughter was facing dowry harassment ever since her wedding a year ago. He said that her husband Sanjay Shiyal, mother-in-law Jyotsna, sister-in-law Anju and her husband Bhavesh used to harass his daughter for not bringing enough dowry and also unable to contribute in household chores. Due to the continuous harassment, Shiyal decided end her life.
In another similar incident reported in Jamnagar, a 29-year-old woman committed suicide on April 7 due to the torture she faced from her husband Mansukh and mother-in-law Bhanu. Police said that the mother-son duo used to hurl abuses at deceased Varsha Babariya and beat her up for not being able to bear a child.
The duo got married around eight years ago said Varsha’s father Veja Shingrakhiya who lodged a complaint of abetment to suicide at Kalawad police station in Jamnagar on Saturday.