Lucknow, November 6: A mother of two died on Wednesday after falling from the 10th floor of a group housing society here under suspicious circumstances, police said. The woman's father, a retired additional district judge, accused his son-in-law of killing her, even as the local police launched an investigation.

According to the police, the incident took place around 5.30 pm at the Aravalli Enclave society in Vrindavan Yojna, under the SGPGI police station limits. "He has thrown her from the 10th floor and killed her," Sharda Prasad Tiwari, father of the deceased, told reporters. Lucknow: Woman Attempts Suicide by Setting Herself on Fire Near UP CM Yogi Adityanath's Residence, Family Dispute Suspected (Disturbing Video).

Tiwari also claimed that the son-in-law had been harassing his daughter Priti for money ever since their marriage. In a brief statement on social media, the Lucknow Police said, "The body has been taken into custody by the local SGPGI police and sent for post-mortem." Lucknow: Man Hangs Himself to Death Inside Guard Room After Being Fired From Job at Balrampur Hospital in Uttar Pradesh, Police Respond After Videos Surface.

"The process has been initiated for lodging FIR in the case and further legal proceedings are being carried out," the police added.

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