Rajkot: Husband, in-laws booked for abetting woman’s suicide

RAJKOT: The husband and in-laws of a 33-year-old woman, who ended her life earlier this month, were booked for abetting her suicide and demanding dowry.
On June 8, fed up with the harassment, Manisha Kareliya hanged herself from the ceiling fan. After completing all the post-death rituals, Manisha’s father Kantilal Parmar approached police on Sunday. Police, on the same day, registered an offence under various sections of IPC including abetment of suicide, harassment and Dowry Prohibition Act at Malaviyanagar police station.
Parmar alleged that after his daughter Manisha’s marriage to Gaurav Kareliya in January 2019, the latter and his parents Chandravadan and Lata and sister Neeta, all of whom live at Navalnagar on Mahudi Road, used to harass Manisha for dowry.
In the complaint Parmar stated that Manisha often told him about the harassment she was facing from her husband and in-laws. When the victim’s mother-in-law Lata had to undergo surgery for treatment of gangrene, Manisha was asked to get money from her father, the complaint stated.
On June 7, Gaurav called Manisha’s mother Vanita and asked for Rs 7 lakh, which he needed to set-up his office. Earlier too Gaurav had asked Parmar to loan him money. When Parmar said that he didn’t have the money, Gaurav had asked him to withdraw the same from his provident fund account. Gaurav had also threatened to divorce Manisha, the complaint said.