‘Divorce me so I can remarry’: Pune techie dies by suicide, husband among 5 booked

PUNE: A 33-year-old IT professional allegedly faced years of harassment from her husband and in-laws over money, a flat and demands linked to her sister-in-law’s education loan, before being repeatedly pressured to grant her husband a divorce so he could remarry, police said.The woman was found dead at her Keshavnagar flat in Mundhwa on September 29, and police have now booked five members of her in-laws’ family for alleged abetment to suicide.The case was registered on Monday after the woman’s 74-year-old father approached Mundhwa police. The accused include her husband, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law and grandmother-in-law.The sister-in-law has been arrested in Mumbai.Harassed over flat, money since 2018According to police, the woman had allegedly been subjected to harassment over money by her in-laws since 2018. She was allegedly pressured to arrange funds to purchase a flat and transfer it to her husband’s name.The demands reportedly extended to money from her parental home to repay a loan taken for her sister-in-law’s education. Police are investigating the allegations as part of the abetment-to-suicide case.Suicide note, audio recordings found on woman’s phoneSenior inspector Smita Wasnik of Mundhwa police said investigators had found a note purportedly written by the woman, in which she attributed her decision to end her life to alleged harassment by her husband and in-laws.“We found a note purportedly written by the deceased. In the note, she stated that she was ending her life because of harassment by her husband and in-laws and that they should be held responsible for her death. Audio recordings of conversations between her and her husband were also found on her cellphone.”Police are examining the note and the audio recordings as part of the investigation.You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Pune | Silver Rate in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune | Petrol Price in Pune | Diesel Price in Pune | CNG Price in Pune | LPG Price in PuneStay updated with the latest Pune news. Download the TOI App.