Pilibhit: A 32-year-old woman was found hanging herself in her house in a village under Bilsanda police station. it is alleged that she took the extreme step to save herself from being raped by a man living in the same village. The man had been harassing her to have a relationship with him. The accused is on the run.

In his complaint with police, the woman’s father claimed that his daughter lived with her two children and in-laws. Her husband worked in a factory in Haryana. On the intervening night between February 22 and 23, the accused allegedly scaled the wall of her house, barged into her room and tried to overpower her with the intention of rape. However, she managed to free herself.

However, fed up with the harassment, she allegedly hanged herself with her “dupatta” from a hook in the ceiling of her room.

Police lodged an FIR in the matter on Monday evening after a written complaint was filed by deceased’s father. The complainant said he was informed of his daughter’s death by his son-in-law who had rushed home on learning about his wife’s “suicide”.

He said he learnt about the circumstances leading to his daughter’s hanging from his eight-year-old grand-daughter, who also identified the accused.

Hari Shankar Verma, SHO, said on the basis of the autopsy report, an FIR was lodged against the named accused under IPC sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 452 (house trespass) and 506 (criminal intimidation) on Tuesday.



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