KURUKSHETRA:

police on Monday registered a case against the wife and in-laws of a man of Sonti village in Haryana's Kurukshetra district for abetment of suicide after he ended his life by consuming

.

- father of the deceased

(22) - has accused his daughter-in-law and his son's in-laws of harassing his son over his income, alleging, his wife even slapped him in front of the family members following which he took the extreme step.

"On February 12, 2018, my son Prinkash got married to

of Indri in the

. But Ritu never respected her husband due to his meagre income. We had even talked to her family members and a meeting was scheduled for September 29, 2019. During the meeting, they threatened to implicate us in a dowry case and Ritu also slapped Prinkash in front of the relatives. Prinkash later ended his life by consuming poison due to harassment by his wife and in-laws," Satpal alleged.

A case against Ritu, her mother Paramjit and her brother Sonu has been registered under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at

police station.

"We have booked the wife of the deceased and his in-laws for abetment of suicide. The post-mortem of the deceased has been conducted and his body has been handed over to family members for last rites. So far, no arrest has been made," said inspector

, SHO, Ladwa police station.