Pilibhit: A 32-year-old woman drank poison and died on Tuesday due to alleged torture from her in-laws over a land dispute in village Ruria Salempur. The allegation was made by the deceased’s husband, blaming his elder brother for forcing his wife to take the extreme step.Station house officer of Puranpur Kotwali police station Yogendra Sharma said victim Somwati committed suicide by drinking pesticide. He added that she was declared brought dead by doctors and her body has been sent for post-mortem.Sharma said Somwati was demanding a share of the land owned by victim’s father-in-law Babu Singh who wanted to sell his property to pay for his medical expenses.Husband of the deceased, Rajiv Singh, alleged that his elder brother Ramesh Singh and his wife Anguri Devi were coercing Somwati to give up her demand as they wanted the whole share of the land. He said they have been facing financial difficulties for some time and the money earned by him was insufficient to run his family.SHO Sharma said an FIR has been lodged against Ramesh Singh, Angoori Devi and Puran Singh under section 306 (abetment to suicide) of IPC following a written complaint by the deceased’s husband. “The accused are absconding, but we will catch them soon”, he said.Rajiv married Somwati 12 years ago. The couple has two daughters aged 9 and 2 years, respectively, and a son aged around 6 years.

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