Kolkata June 18 (IANS) A married woman fed up of harassment by her in-laws allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in West Bengal s Howrah district on Sunday police said.
A woman who was married for five years consumed poison on Saturday night at her in-law s house in Howrah s Domjur. She expired at a local hospital on Sunday afternoon said an officer from Domjur police station.
However he refused to give her name citing privacy issues.
According to police the woman s father lodged a complaint against the woman s husband and in-laws for constantly heckling and torturing her for the last few years.
The woman was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws. We have arrested deceased s husband mother in law sister in law and her husband after the complaint the officer said.
The four accused are charged under IPC s section 498 for the alleged subjecting a married woman to cruelty. They would be produced to the court on Monday he added.
--IANS
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Woman commits suicide after in-laws harassment, four arrested
