Lover screen-records suicide of married woman on video call, arrested

On November 18, married woman Payal video-called her lover Manjit and asked him to return, but Manjit refused after which Payal threatened to hang herself, the police said. Manjit did not stop Payal, instead, he started screen-recording the video call while Payal hanged herself to death.

Ramgarh (Jharkhand):A married woman died by suicide while on a video call with her now distanced boyfriend. The police arrested the woman's lover, Manjit Kumar, on Monday for abetting her suicide. The arrest was made based on the video call screen recorded by the accused while the jilted woman hanged herself unable to bear separation. The deceased woman was identified as one Payal Kumari.

Barlanga police station in-charge Raghunath Singh giving details of the case said, "the body of the deceased woman, identified as Payal Kumari was found on November 19, 2022, at her in-law's house in Purabatad village. Tapeshwar Singh, the father of the deceased, filed a case against the deceased's husband Vishal Singh, father-in-law Teju Singh, mother-in-law Budhni Devi and brother-in-law Veeru Singh for seeking dowry."

Singh further said, "the police started an investigation into the case. It was then found out that the woman was having an extramarital affair with Manjit Kumar. When Vishal got to know about this affair, he got angry and even fought with Manjit and Payal, but Payal did not stop talking to Manjit. However, Manjit began distancing himself from Payal which made her upset. The couple decided to meet at a wedding ceremony in their village on 26 November to sort things out."

"On November 18, Payal called Manjit where she got to know that Manjit has left for Pune. Payal asked him to return, but Manjit refused after which Payal threatened to hang herself. Manjit did not stop Payal, instead, he started screen-recording the video call. Payal hanged herself to death while on a video call," Singh added.

Manjit deleted the screen recording from his phone and saved it in a pen drive. During interrogation, Manjit broke down and revealed the details of the case. The police have also recovered the pen drive in which the video call recording of the woman hanging herself was stored."