West Bengal: Woman catches hubby killing self on camera, held

HOWRAH: A 22-year-old woman, who had married a 25-year-old man four months ago after five years of courtship, was arrested by Bally police for allegedly abetting her husband’s suicide.
A video that purportedly shows the man killing himself was recovered from her. Though the woman claimed she shot the video thinking that he was only threatening to commit suicide like he had done on other occasions in the past, Howrah City Police said there were inconsistencies in her statement and her claim needed to be probed.She was arrested under IPC 306.
According to police, Amon Shaw and Neha Shukla had married on December 11 last year. The couple, hailing from Liluah, quit their jobs after marriage and Amon started a business. Amon’s elder sister Barkha Prasad claimed it was a tour to Delhi Neha undertook alone on March 31 that led to serious differences between the couple. “Amon wanted to go with her but she refused. We suspected that she might be hiding something,” said Barkha.
On April 5, Neha returned to Kolkata and sought an immediate divorce despite knowing that her in-laws were going to Vellore for treatment, Barkha claimed.
The Shaw family was still in Vellore when the Bally police asked them to return, saying that Amon had committed suicide at their rented accommodation at Tarka Sidhantha Lane in Bally.
“We were surprised at Neha’s extremely calm demeanour. We seized her phone and found the video. When we asked her why she did not stop him, she kept saying that she thought Amon was giving an empty threat. We lodged a police complaint on Monday after which the cops detained her” claimed Barkha.
None from the girl’s family were ready to talk to TOI about the incident. The Bally police said they have seized the phone where the video was recorded. “We cannot rule out the possibility that she had some motive in recording this,” said an officer.