Husband, mother-in-law arrested in suicide case- torture allegations for dowry after she died by suicide

21-year-old Dhanbad resident blames duo for torturing her for dowry in a video made prior to her death

The husband and mother-in-law being taken to Dhanbad court by the Dhansar police on Saturday.: Gautam Dey

Praduman Choubey   |  TT  |  Dhanbad   |  29.05.21: The husband and mother-in-law of a deceased 21-year-old woman from Dhansar area was arrested on Saturday following torture allegations after she died by suicide on May 20.

Dhanbad police arrested the duo from 24 Pargana district of Bengal and produced them before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate. They were reprimanded in judicial custody.

Komal Patel, daughter of Umesh Prasad dies by suicide at her in-law’s house due to the alleged torture by her husband, Alok Kumar and mother-in-law Manju Devi. Prior to her death, she had made a video accusing both of them of torturing her for dowry.

“I trusted him when he promised to reform himself but it was my mistake as he can’t improve himself,” said Komal in the video and further said she made a mistake by not listening to her father’s advice who asked her not to go to her in-law’s place.

Komal’s father, in his written complaint to the police, charged her husband and mother-in-law of regularly torturing his daughter for various dowry demands.

Alok Kumar, an employee of Indian railways, fled the house after Komal’s death.

Ankit Sahu, investigating officer of the case said, “We were conducting raids at different places across Bihar, Bengal and Jharkhand in search for the duo for the last seven days.”

“Our team of sub inspectors Robin Oraon and Likhand Hembrom was camping in 24 Pargana district of Bengal for a week and arrested them today and were sent to jail after producing them in court,” said Sahu and added that further action will be taken as per investigation.