SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested a woman on the charge of abetting suicide.
Investigating officer IO) Sukhwindar Pal Singh said that the accused has been identified as Sarabjit Kaur, wif
of Paramjit Singh, a resident of Mohalla Simbal, Shahkot.
Sukhjit Kaur wife of the deceased Sukhwindar Singh a resident of Model Town Shahkot had complained tothe police that her husband was working as a clerk in Oversees Indian Bank Nakodar and the accused Sarabjit Kaur took Rs 16.67 Lakhs on credit basis but refused to return the money and when we went to their house the accused and her sister Harbant Kaur insulted them.She said that whenever we demanded money back, we were insulted, and this became a headache for her husband, who committed suicide by consuming sulphone tablets on July 3, and wrote a suicide note blaming all the accused for his death.
IO said that a case under section 108(abetment of suicide) of the BNS was registered against the accused, adding that her sister was earlier arrested.