RAJKOT: A 28-year-old man attempted suicide by consuming poisonous substance near Aji dam on Friday morning.
According to police, Mohit Rank, a native of Khokhrana village in Babra taluka of Amreli district, took the extreme step owing to alleged harassment by his wife and a female cop.
After consuming the poison, Rank informed his brother Dinesh about it.
“He called me to inform that his wife Minakshi and a woman assistant sub inspector will no longer harass him and that he will not need to give Rs 15 lakh as compromise as he has attempted suicide.
I immediately rushed to Aji dam and shifted my brother to civil hospital in Rajkot,” Dinesh reportedly told media persons and the police on Friday.
“Mohit feel in love with Minakshi and both got married more than a year ago.
However, for the last few days, Minaskhi has been living with her parents in Lodhika near Rajkot and has filed an application against her husband with the women police station.
“Minakshi is demanding Rs 15 lakh for a divorce and ASI Nasrim Belim has been calling up my brother and harassing him.
Tired of the torture, Mohit left our village and ultimately attempted suicide on Friday,” the brother further alleged, adding that they also came to know that Minakshi had been married thrice before marrying Mohit.
“In every marriage, she (Minakshi) obtained money from her husbands for divorce,” Rank added.
He demanded that a complaint should be lodged against the woman, her family members and the police who forced his brother to take this extreme step.
Aji dam police has initiated a process to register statements in this case and will record Mohit’s statement once he regains consciousness.