Woman assaulted, commits suicide

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, AUG. 25. A mother of two who had been criminally assaulted by a property dealer-cum-dairy owner a few days ago allegedly attempted to commit suicide by burning herself after informing her husband about the incident at her house in Uttam Nagar in West Delhi last evening.

Police said the victim who was admitted to Safdarjang Hospital with 90 per cent burns, succumbed to her injuries this afternoon.

The victim's husband, Dinesh Mehta, had taken a loan of Rs 10,000 from a property dealer-cum-dairy owner of Nawada village, Krishan Gehlot, a few weeks ago.

Ever since he gave the loan, Gehlot used the pretext of visiting the victim's home while her husband used to be away. He kept making advances to the 26-year-old woman, who spurned them as she had been happily married and had two children aged one-and-a-half years and three years.

However, the woman's refusal did not make Gehlot any less obsessed with her. On the contrary he decided to force himself on the woman and on August 18 entered her house and assaulted her criminally.

Ashamed, the woman hid the incident from her husband, and did not lodge a complaint with the police. It was only last evening that she informed her husband that she had been wronged by Gehlot.

The police said Dinesh Mehta rebuked his wife for not informing him earlier. This allegedly annoyed the woman and after serving dinner to her husband she allegedly doused herself with kerosene and set herself afire.

The victim was rushed to Safdarjang Hospital where she was treated for burns. However, she succumbed to her injuries this afternoon.

The Uttam Nagar police have registered a case of rape, threat to kill and abetment to suicide against Krishan Gehlot and have launched a hunt for the man, who is absconding.

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