Four held for abetting woman’s suicide

RAJKOT: After a 20-year-old pregnant woman ended life following harassment over undergoing a sex determination test, the police on Monday evening arrested her husband and three in-laws for suicide abetment in Moti Khavdi village of Jamnagar district.
Kajalba Vala was four months pregnant when she hanged herself to death at her residence in Moti Khavdi village on July 18, said an official of Meghpar-Padana police.
Her father, Abhesang Jadeja (49), a resident of Kajurada village in Khambhalia taluka of Devbhoomi Dwarka district, lodged a complaint against Kajalba’s husband Siddharajsinh Vala, his mother Dhrupadba Vala, father Surubha Vala and brother Mayursinh Vala. Jadeja accused Siddharajsinh and his family members of harassing his daughter and abetting her suicide.
The FIR stated that Kajalba’s husband and in-laws were forcing her to undergo a sex determination test. As she refused to undergo the test, she was harassed and tortured by her husband and in-laws, alleged Jadeja. Unable to bear the torture, Kajalba took her own life, he further claimed. Police have detained all the four accused in this case and launched a probe.