Housewife commits suicide, brother accuses in-laws of torture

GANGTOK, 09 March: Rajib Kalowar of Coochbehar lost his sister, married in Gangtok, to suicide on 08 March and today lodged a formal complaint with the Sadar Police here alleging that his sister was driven to suicide due to persistent mental and physical torture by her in-laws.
In his FIR, registered as a GD at the Sadar Thana, Mr. Kalowar states that he was informed of his sister’s suicide by her husband, Rajen Gupta, yesterday. The victim, it is informed, hanged herself at her home here at Deorali School Road at around 12:30 p.m. on 08 March.
Mr. Kalowar contends that his sister’s body bore extensive injury marks, signs of recent beating, and goes on to allege that she had been consistently subjected to mental tension and physical torture by her husband and in-laws right since the early days of her marriage. Citing the past history and signs of recent beating as evidence, he has alleged that either his sister was driven to commit suicide by her husband and in-laws or murdered by them and the death made to look like a suicide.
Meanwhile, the Sadar Police has sought an inquest by the magistrate on the death and is awaiting the autopsy report to provide more details before proceeding further on the case.