Father-son duo booked for abetting woman’s suicide in Thane

Thane police have booked a father and son for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 46-year-old woman after a suicide note found on her mobile phone accused them of harassment. The FIR was registered following a complaint filed by the victim's son

Thane: A case has been registered against a father-son duo for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 46-year-old woman in Maharashtra’s Thane district after a note found on her mobile phone months after her death accused them of harassment, police said on Sunday.

Based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s son, a first information report (FIR) was registered on July 16 under section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, in connection with her death in Badlapur in May, an official said.

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According to the police, the victim was an executive assistant at a private firm in Mumbai and had been in an extramarital relationship with the accused, Sagar Shivaji More, a resident of Navi Mumbai.

The victim resided with her family in Chembur from Monday to Friday, but spent her weekends at her apartment in Badlapur. The automated alert was raised on May 26 when the victim stopped answering her son’s phone calls. Family friends and relatives visited the Badlapur flat only to find the door locked from the inside, and on breaking in, the police found the victim hanging from a ceiling fan, the official said.

In the days following the victim’s death, her son scanned her mobile phone and found a suicide note. “The letter explicitly urged the police to arrest the father-son duo, while tendering apologies to her son,” the official said, quoting the FIR.

The complainant stated that Sagar More had been in an extramarital relationship with his mother and stayed with her frequently. Past employers and acquaintances of the victim also confirmed to the family that he had been harassing her over the past several months, he said. A probe is underway, and efforts are on to track down the suspects, the official added.