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'Pressured her to have a son': Pune woman dies by suicide, husband among 4 booked

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

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Payal Zambre Patil was found hanging in an apartment near her matrimonial residence on Monday following an altercation with her mother-in-law. Although the victim's parental family alleged that she was murdered, police have registered an official case of abetment of suicide and deployed two search teams to apprehend the remaining suspects. The family cited severe mistreatment during her 2022 pregnancy when her in-laws demanded a male child, leading to further neglect after she gave birth to a daughter in March 2023.

Key points

  • Law enforcement authorities have registered an abetment of suicide case rather than the m…: Law enforcement authorities have registered an abetment of suicide case rather than the murder charges alleged by the victim's family.
  • Two specialised police teams are currently deployed to track down and arrest the three re…: Two specialised police teams are currently deployed to track down and arrest the three remaining accused in-laws.
  • Text messages sent by Patil before her death identified her mother-in-law as responsible…: Text messages sent by Patil before her death identified her mother-in-law as responsible if any harm befell her.

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PUNE: A 29-year-old woman, daughter-in-law of a prominent businessman in Pune, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a flat in Mukund Nagar on Monday morning, following an alleged dispute with her mother-in-law.

Police arrested her husband and registered a case of harassment and abetment of suicide against four members of her in-laws' family after her relatives accused them of subjecting her to harassment over repeated demands for gold.

According to news agency PTI, the deceased, Payal Zambre Patil, was an IT professional before she quit her job.

She was married to Akshay Zambre Patil, and the couple has a three-year-old daughter.

Senior inspector Yashwant Nikam of Swargate police station said Payal lived with her in-laws in Mukund Nagar, off Pune-Satara Road. On Monday morning, she allegedly sent messages to some people stating that her mother-in-law would be responsible if anything happened to her.

Police said Payal had an argument with her mother-in-law on Sunday and left her matrimonial home. Her family and in-laws began searching for her on Monday morning.

She was eventually found hanging from a ceiling…

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