A 21-year-old woman was found dead after being thrashed by a youth, who is her neighbour, in north Delhi’s Burari on Monday morning, the police said.
The deceased’s family alleged that the woman took the step after the police had refused to take action against the accused even after the matter was reported to them.
The police control room received a call around 9.30 a.m. regarding a woman who was found hanging at her house in Burari, after which a police team reached the spot.
The woman’s younger sister said that she had gone to the room on the first floor to get some work done. She found the door was left ajar. After she entered the room, she found her elder sister hanging. She raised an alarm. The family then called a doctor who declared the woman dead at the spot.
DCP (North) Nupur Prasad said that the deceased did not leave behind any note in the room. She was pursuing MA from an open university and used to give private tuition to children at her house.
During initial investigation, it was found that the deceased and her family had a fight with their neighbours over some petty issue on Sunday night. Some of the neighbours also allegedly thrashed the woman and her family members.
She had informed the police about the incident. Both the parties were taken to a hospital for medical examination before a FIR was registered in the matter. When the police asked the woman’s father to submit a written compliant, he allegedly left the police station saying he would submit the complaint the day after.
“We are scanning the mobile phone of the deceased and trying to find out what led her take the extreme step. We have registered a case under IPC Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) against her neighbours. We are awaiting the post-mortem report,” said Ms. Prasad.
Suicide prevention helpline: Sanjivini, Society for Mental Health, Telephone: 011-4076 9002, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. -7.30 p.m.
