Under-age married woman dies
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 26 2015 :
Body of an under-age married woman, who died after she allegedly consumed poison at her husband's house yesterday, has been claimed after doctors conducted post mortem examination at RIMS morgue today.
The post mortem examination was conducted in the presence of a Duty Magistrate with full video coverage.
The woman married to an under-age youth of Tera Khongshangbi Makha Leikai under Moirang police station some five years back.
She was rushed to a nearby Community Health Centre after she allegedly consumed poison at around 8 am yesterday.
However, doctors declared her brought dead at the medical centre.
Maternal family of the woman expressed suspicion that her husband might be responsible for the extreme action their daughter had taken.
Moirang police and Bishnupur district police have pulled up the woman's husband and in-laws and taken up a case against them regarding the incident.
The husband was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and sent to Juvenile Observation Home, Bishnupur today.
Meanwhile, the woman's in-laws were produced before the Court and remanded to police custody till October 1 .