Woman commits suicide after husband postponed shopping trip

ayodele johnson

January 24, 2018 1:35 PM

The deceased reportedly got angry following the postponement of a shopping by her husband who got busy at work.

A 23-year-old woman, Deepika, reportedly

This happened on Saturday, January 20, 2018, in the northern India state of Uttar Pradesh, Metro News UK reports.

According to her husband, Deepak Dwivedi, the deceased got upset and locked herself in a room preventing him from entering.

She was discovered hanging from a ceiling after her husband forced the door open on a morning.

"Deepika’s cousin was going to get married the next month and she wanted to go shopping for the wedding.

"On Saturday, Deepika asked me to take her shopping but seeing I had too much work in the office, I postponed the shopping for the next day. She became upset at this.

"She was so upset about this that when I reached home from office in the evening, she locked the door of her room.

"When she didn’t open the door, I had to sleep in the lobby. When I broke open the door in the morning, I saw her hanging from the ceiling fan. I informed the police soon after," Dwivedi who is a civil servant revealed.

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The family of the deceased have not alleged any wrong-doing against the Dwivedi and his relatives according to Cantt Tannu Upadhyay, a policeman.

The officer added that a post-mortem test has been carried out to determine the cause of death.

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