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Suicide

Misuse of law

The suicide of a Bangalore-based tech professional has reignited concerns over the misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which addresses cruelty by husbands or their families toward women.

Husband jumps to death after wife falls from balcony, dies

In a bizarre incident, a husband jumped from the rooftop into a high-tension electric wire and committed suicide after his wife accidentally fell from the rooftop of a house in Purulia while watching the display of fire crackers during the immersion of the Durga Puja idols last evening.