Husband’s infidelity, beatings drive woman to suicide

Rajkot: A 26-year-old married woman, Binkal alias Rinkal Pardhi, hanged herself at her home in the Ambedkar Nagar neighbourhood of Thangadh town in Surendranagar district, at about 11am on Monday.
Hansa Parmar, the deceased's 46-year-old mother, lodged a complaint against Rinkal's husband Darshan Pardhi, his parents Shantu and law Bhupat Pardhi, brother Mala Pardhi, sister Jyoti and her husband Haresh at Thangadh police station alleging abetment to suicide.The accused allegedly frequently assaulted Rinkal.
According to Parmar's complaint, Rinkal married Darshan Pardhi five years ago. After the wedding, Rinkal lived with her in-laws in a joint family. She had a four-year-old daughter named Priyanshi. Rinkal faced physical and mental harassment from her in-laws over the household chores.
On April 21, Rinkal visited her parental home 15 days ahead of her brother Deepak's wedding. During this visit, she said her in-laws harassed her over household work, her mother-in-law instigated her husband against her, her brother-in-law verbally abused her while intoxicated and her sister-in-law and her husband Haresh taunted her for not bringing dowry and verbally abused her. Her husband also assaulted her. Rinkal endured everything to try to preserve the marriage.
The complainant alleged that Rinkal's husband, Darshan was in an illicit relationship with his aunt's daughter, which led to Rinkal being subjected to physical and mental harassment. This ultimately drove her to suicide.