Thane, Dec 12: Police have arrested the husband and the father-in-law of a 24-year-old housewife from Kalyan in Thane district of Maharashtra for abetting her suicide, an official said on Monday. Palghar Shocker: Man Arrested for Molesting Woman in Moving Car, Throwing Her Toddler Out of Vehicle.

A case was registered against the husband of the woman and her in-laws under section 306 (Abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code after she hanged herself at her house in Kalyan on Sunday, police said. Uttar Pradesh Shocker: Lovers Found Hanging After Their Families Objected to Relationship in Auraiyya District; Suicide Note Says ‘Cremate Us Together’.

The accused used to harass the woman over petty things and beat her. Unable to bear the harassment, she hanged herself at their house in Kalyan on Sunday noon, as per the First Information Report.

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