Ludhiana: Eight months after a Ludhiana man ended his life, the police booked his wife for abetment to suicide on Sunday.
The police acted after the deceased’s mother lodged a complaint with commissioner of police Rakesh Agarwal, who marked an inquiry into the case.
The accused has been identified as Aditi Khatri of Phase III, Gurugram. She had married Himanshu Bedi, 24, of Ashok Nagar C block, Salem Tabri, in 2019.
Himanshu’s mother Neena Bedi said in her police complaint, “In December 2018, we had gone to Rajasthan to attend a marriage function. There, Himanshu met Aditi. They started dating each other and without informing us, tied the knot. After that, Himanshu left our house, saying he has been transferred to Khanna and will live there. But instead of going to Khanna, he started living with Aditi in Model Town Extension, Ludhiana. We came to know about it in December 2019.”
On December 13, 2019, the family organised their wedding function.
“A few days after that Aditi told us that she was getting modelling offers from Delhi. She took Rs 2.5 lakh from Himanshu and left for Delhi. She also took along gold jewellery. After that, she kept demanding money. When Himanshu refused to give more money and asked her to bring back the gold jewellery that Aditi had given to her parents, she started fighting with him. She told Himanshu that she wanted money and jewellery and would never return. She also threatened to implicate our family if we pressurised her or lodged a complaint against her,” Bedi added.
“As a result, my son started remaining upset. On June 17, 2020, Himanshu recorded a video, blaming Aditi for forcing him to take the extreme step. After his autopsy, we lodged a complaint with the police and also submitted the cellphone that had the recorded video. But the police did not take any action. Thereafter, on July 17, 2020, we filed a complaint with the commissioner of police,” she said. The CP marked the inquiry to the ADCP-I.
Salem Tabri sub-inspector Tamanna Devi said, “A case has been registered against Aditi under Section 306 (abetment to suicide). She will be arrested soon.”
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