KOLHAPUR: Two women constables were booked after a 42-year-old constable, who was allegedly in a

relationship

with both of them, consumed

and died at a private hospital here on Saturday. Police said both women were harassing the constable to marry either one of them.

An officer from the Rajarampuri police station said the wife of the deceased constable lodged a complaint. "The two women constables and the deceased were working together at the Gandhinagar police station from 2012 to 2014. When senior officials came to know about their relationship, they transferred all three to different police stations in the district. The deceased constable was posted at the Ichalkaranji police station," he said.

In her complaint, the constable's wife alleged that the two women were in touch with her husband even after the transfers. "Both women were forcing him to keep up the relationship. One of them had even threatened the constable's wife to divorce him. Tired of the

, the constable consumed poison on September 24. He died on Saturday morning," the officer said.

The women constables have been booked under Section 306 (abetment of

suicide

), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC.