Father, 2 uncles among 4 held over teenager's suicide in UP's Ballia

Police in India arrested four men, including a woman's father and two uncles, in connection with her alleged suicide due to harassment over her wish to marry her lover.

Police here on Wednesday arrested the father of a 19-year-old woman and her two uncles in connection with her alleged suicide due to harassment over her wish to marry her lover, an officer said.

Besides the three, the police also arrested another man for allegedly lending his car to transport the woman's body.

According to the police, a body was found on Sunday morning along the bank of the Saryu River near Karimpur.

The deceased was identified as Nisha, a resident of Nawada village under Bhimpura Police Station limits.

A case was registered late Tuesday night at Ubhaon Police Station against Nisha's father Visheshwar, her uncles Parshuram and Shripati Prasad, and Indal Kumar of Barwa Rati Patti village, who owned a Mahindra Bolero used in the alleged crime.

Sub-inspector Devi Prasad Mishra, in his complaint, alleged that Nisha was in a relationship with a man and wanted to marry him. She had earlier eloped with him, while her family wanted her to marry someone else.

The complaint stated that Nisha, distressed by the continued harassment, hanged herself from a hook in a room of her house on May 16.

The police alleged that after her death, the family, fearing police action, transported the body in the Bolero and dumped it in the river near Karimpur.

Rasra Circle Officer Alok Gupta said all four accused were arrested on Wednesday morning.