Harassed by husband, in-laws woman hangs self in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: A 29-year-old woman from the Gota area of the city on Saturday evening committed suicide by hanging herself in her bedroom. Allegedly, she had been constantly harassed by her husband and in-laws over petty issues and they were also demanding Rs 15 lakh as dowry from her.
The victim Pooja Vyas’ father Kaushik Patel, a resident of Ghatlodia, filed a complaint of abetment to suicide against her husband Krunal Vyas, her brother-in-law Yash Vyas, her mother-in-law Mayuri Vyas, Mayuri’s boyfriend Nilesh Pancholi and Mayuri’s brother Ajit Raval, who were all arrested by Sola police on Sunday.
The suicide note written purportedly by the victim
Police also found a suicide note written by Pooja in which she blamed her husband and in-laws for her suicide and urged her family members to take custody of her kid. She mentioned in the suicide note, “Only Krunal can meet my kid but at my parents’ place only.”
Kaushik said in his FIR with Sola police that her daughter married Krunal on December 12, 2015 and they began staying together in Gota.
After around six months, her husband and in-laws began harassing her and Pooja also came to know that her mother-in-law had an illicit relationship with Pancholi who used to intervene in Vyas family’s issue.
She said that her husband and in-laws did not want her to give birth to a child and tried to make her abort when she was pregnant in July 2016. She had to return to her father’s home where she delivered her son as her husband and in-laws were against the kid.
The FIR mentioned that Pooja and her family had to strike a compromise with her husband and in-laws many a time as the accused persons ensured that they would not harass her any further. But later on, they began beating and abusing her if she did not agree with them over various issues.
Kaushik said in the FIR that Pooja once told her that Pancholi used to smoke and drink in front of her and her kid and when she objected, she was not only beaten by Mayuri but Krunal also. He alleged that Krunal’s maternal uncle also used to drink in front of Pooja and made obscene gestures looking at her.