Suicide case
The City police on Sunday registered a case of abetment to suicide under sections 498-A, 306 and 114 IPC against four people, who allegedly drove 36-year-old Shamim Bano to commit suicide. According to an FIR in the J P Road police station, Shamim Bano was living with her husband Mohiuddin Sadruddin Malik and his younger brother Kamaruddin Sadruddin Malik in Akota area. As it was a joint family, Kamaruddin, employed in the Central Excise and Customs Department, used to give his entire salary to his brother. This was resented by his other two brothers and their wives who lived in Tandalja area. Kamaruddin's two brothers and their wives asked Shamim Bano to part with Kamaruddin's monthly earnings. When she refused, they started harassing her. Unable to bear the harassment, Shamim Bano set herself on fire on December 13, the police said. She succumbed to injuries in the SSG Hospital on December 17. The police said the accused were absconding.One killed
Dayabhai, a resident of village Abrahampura under Waghodia police station, was allegedly killed by his wife Anandiben and her paramour Kanti Chandubhai Solanki in the night of intervening December 17. According to the Vadodara District Police (rural), Dayabhai had objected to her relationship with Solanki, who hails from Savli. She allegedly conspired with her paramour and murdered Dayabhai. Both the accused have been arrested.
Burns death
One Ila K Purohit, a 25-year-old resident of Karjan, died of burns sustained when she was trying to increase the pressure of a stove, police said.
Killed
Twenty-year-old Manish M Solanki, died on Friday at SSG Hospital after being rushed there from Moti Pingadi, Kaalol, with stab wounds inflicted by his brother in a petty family quarrel. The accused has been held, the police said.
Suicide bids
Raju B Rohit, 25, a resident of Ambikanagar, consumed more than three dozen malaria tablets at his home on Friday, apparently after a quarrel with his wife, and was rushed to the hospital in a serious condition. Details were awaited, the police said. In another case, Arvind R Suthar, about 50, resident of Tarsali, consumed a poisonous substance to kill himself after heated arguments with a neighbour. The case is being investigated, the police said.
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