JALANDHAR: A 28-year-old man in Gazipur village committed suicide while blaming his wife, just a month after their marriage. The couple had returned from

to

six days ago.

Harkamaljeet Singh, who owned a paint shop in the village, got married to

resident Neeru Bhanwra on January 20. He hanged himself at his home on Friday night and later police recovered a suicide note from his pocket. In the suicide note, he wrote that his wife harassed and tortured him mentally so badly that he was taking the extreme step.

“She has been threatening me that she would set my father on fire and will destroy my entire family. She would not participate in household work and if asked she would hit back. She has been speaking to her old boyfriends including one Dilbag, who is now living in

, and Gopi Bajwa,” the letter read.

Incidentally, Bajwa is the main accused in the murder case. He allegedly killed a businessman on February 5 on Nehru Garden Road and was arrested. He has other criminal cases against him.

“She has been telling me that she would destroy my family due to which I am taking this step. Last week when we went to Malaysia she kept on torturing me there also and she often threatened to divorce me and to lodge a complaint with the police,” the man has added in the suicide note.

Police have booked neeru Bhanwra under section 306 of IPC.