Woman found hanging from tree, in-laws booked

Kota (Rajasthan): A 25-year-old married woman was found hanging from a tree in the Pedola forest area of Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, police said on Thursday. The woman, identified as Sunita Tanwar, a resident of Doulatpura village, was found hanging at around 2.30 am Wednesday, they said. DSP Dhanphul Singh said on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman’s family members, a case was registered against her husband Bhuriya Tanwar and six of his family for subjecting her to cruelty and abetting suicide under Sections 306 and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code. The woman’s family alleged that she was being tortured by her husband and the in-laws due to which she took the extreme step, police said. The woman was a child bride and was sent to her in-laws’ place two years ago after attaining adulthood, the DSP said. (PTI)