Woman commits suicide after divorce

Deceased was allegedly taunted after coming to her parents’ house

A woman jumped into a canal and committed suicide in Khurrianwala on Saturday.

According to the police report, the 18-year-old woman married by her choice but got divorced 15 days ago.

Rescue 1122 teams were conducting a search operation to find the body till the evening.

A letter was found from her house in which she had apologized to her parents.

According to sources, Abira Parveen, 18-year-old daughter of Mushtaq Ahmed, a resident of Chak No. 115 GB, a suburban village on Juranwala Road, got married with a boy of the village a month ago without the consent of her parents.

Around fifteen days ago, she got divorced due to domestic violence and came to her parents' house. She was allegedly being taunted upon which she got frustrated, as a result of which she jumped into the Gogera canal in the morning.

Seeing her shoes lying on the bank of the canal, passers-by informed Rescue 1122. Rescue teams continued to search the canal for the girl but she could not be found till the evening.

 

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 12^th, 2021.