Gujarat News: In a heartbreaking and strange incident, a migrant worker killed herself after a dispute with her husband over a mobile phone. The incident took place in the Aravalli district of Gujarat, where a 22-year-old woman, identified as Urmila Khanan Rijan, took her life, leaving her family of 3 heartbroken.
The woman, who is originally from Nepal, lived in Gujarat’s Modasa with her husband and child. The couple operated a small Chinese food business in the area to earn their livelihood.
Phone Dispute Ended In Death
Urmila has been asking for a new mobile phone from her husband. After he repeatedly refused to buy a new phone due to financial constraints, a major dispute broke out between them. Urmila hanged herself at their residence near Bhavanpur in a fit of anger after the dispute.
Residents informed the police after learning about the incident.
The police have sent the body for a post-mortem after taking it into custody. Officials have launched a further investigation into the matter and have registered a case of accidental death.
In a similar but separate case, two young athletes residing at a Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel in Kerala’s Kollam district were found hanging inside a room on Thursday, January 15.
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According to the police, one of the girls was an athletics trainee studying in Class 12, while the other was a Class 10 student and a kabaddi player.