Tirupur woman suicide: Parents want cops to modify charges against her husband, in-laws

COIMBATORE: Parents of a newlywed woman, who killed herself in Tirupur district, have demanded that her husband and in-laws, who have been arrested for abetting her suicide, be charged for dowery and sexual harassments too.

They also demanded the appointment of a separate investigation officer to probe the case.Ridhanya, 27, died by suicide near Avinashi on June 29. Before ending her life, she sent a voice message to her father narrating the mental and physical harassment she had endured from her husband and in-laws. The Tirupur police arrested her husband, Kavin Kumar, 28, and father-in-law Eswaramurthy, 51, and mother-in-law Chithradevi, 47.On Saturday, the woman’s father Annadurai, and his family members met West Zone inspector general of police T Senthilkumar and submitted a petition urging him to modify the charges framed against the accused. The petition demanded that the accused be charged under sections of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act and a few more sections of the BNS.Speaking to the media, Annadurai stated that the police have registered this only as a suicide case.

"Since the autopsy reports, lab reports, and voice recording analyses are yet to be furnished, there is a delay in the investigation. We fear that the matter is not being properly assessed and is being treated as an ordinary suicide case. The accused are taking advantage of the situation and can easily evade or get bail.

"Annadurai's advocate Kuppuraj said the FIR was filed under sections 85 (cruelty by a husband) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the BNS. They have requested the IG to include Section 4B of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 1998 and sections 75, 76, 77, 80, 118, and 125 of the BNS, as well.