Times News NetworkJaipur: A 32-year-old married woman allegedly died by suicide after hanging herself at her residence in Jaipur’s Amer area early Wednesday morning, while her parental family accused her husband and in-laws of murdering her following an alleged assault late Tuesday night.The deceased, identified as Rekha Sen, lived with her husband Vishnu and their eight-year-old son in Naiyon Ka Mohalla behind Amer police station.The matter came to light on Wednesday morning. On receiving information, police reached the spot and, in the presence of an FSL team, brought down the body and shifted it to the govt hospital in Amer for postmortem.Police have registered a case and have initiated a probe into the matter. “Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide, but action will be taken on the basis of evidence that emerges during investigation,” the officer added.Soon after the incident, more than 50 members of Rekha’s parental family gathered outside Amer police station and staged a protest demanding that a murder case be registered against her husband. Rekha’s mother repeatedly broke down while seeking her daughter outside the police station.Saroj Devi, the mother of the deceased, alleged that her daughter was assaulted by her husband, mother-in-law and brother-in-law on Tuesday night. “My daughter cannot commit suicide. They killed her,” she claimed, adding that Rekha had spoken to her over phone around 7.30 pm on Tuesday and had indicated she was facing problems at her in-laws’ home.Other family members alleged that Rekha had faced harassment since marriage and was frequently stopped from talking to family members, going outside or even wearing clothes of her choice.
