Accused of abetting suicide, cop surrenders

Our Correspondent

Abohar/Sriganganagar, June 1

A police constable, who had been evading arrest in connection with an abetment to suicide case, surrendered at the Kesarisinghpur police station on Tuesday. Earlier, members of different organisations had staged a dharna against the police over the incident.

Constable Mani Ram Chauhan had been booked for abetting suicide of a married woman. In a video, she had alleged that he had been exploiting and blackmailing her for the past few months. Chauhan was deployed at Sadulshehar, 31 km from Abohar.

The 30-year-old Dalit woman from Sriganganagar ended life on Friday by jumping into a canal after uploading a message on her mobile phone.

She had reportedly left the house around 9 am on Friday. Her body was later found stuck in a sub-canal that emanates from the Gang canal. The police reached the spot and found her phone near the canal.

In the video, she apologised to her parents, husband and three children, saying that she was fed up with her life. She had accused Chauhan of raping her repeatedly.