Surat: A 25-year-old man has been booked for alleged abetment to suicide after his wife died by suicide at her residence in Laskana. Following the incident, police have booked accused husband and started investigation.According to the FIR registered on October 27, the complainant Narsinh Dalai, the woman’s father, his daughter Pooja (23) has married accused Shankar Dalai (25) in 2024. After marriage, both came to Surat to earn livelihood and stayed in Laskana police station area.Narsinh alleged that his son-in-law, Shankar Dalai, repeatedly harassed his daughter Pooja (23) over money and subjected her to physical and mental torture. The complainant alleged that the accused frequently demanded money from Pooja and assaulted her when she failed to meet his demands.Pooja’s mother had died July 24, 2025, in floods in Odisha as government has granted his father money as flood relief following the death. As the money was transferred to family in Feb 2026, Shankar came to know about it. He started torturing and beating the Pooja for the share of money came as relief. As the money was already spent by Pooja’s father, he could not give anything to her.However, as Shankar kept on harrasing her, Narsinh would send her some money for expenses and rent of house. The woman had reportedly been facing domestic problems for a prolonged period following which she hanged herself at her house in Laskana on Oct 24. Following this, his father came to Surat from Odisha and filed suicide abetment complaint against his son-in-law Shankar Dalai.Based on the complaint, police registered a case under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with abetment of suicide.
