PHAGWARA: The Lohian Khas police have arrested five members of a family including a woman on the charge of abetting suicide.
Investigating officer IO) Balwinder Singh said that the accused have been identified as Raj Singh son of Jarnail Singh a resident of Gatta Mundi Kasu village, his wife Harnesh Kaur and his brothers Hardev Singh, Malkit Singh and nephew Boby son of Malkit Singh,
Kulwindar Kaur wife of Surjit Singh a resident of the same village complained to the police that his son Gurpreet Singh committed suicide due to harassment by the accused who have encroached her land and refused to vacate it though she has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court
IO said that a case under section 108(abetment of suicide) and 3(5) (committing crime with the common intention) of the BNS has registered against the accused, and three other members of the family identified as Surjito wife of Malkit Singh, her son Vijay and daughter Sandeep who are absconding.