A man in Gujarat's Rajkot tried to burn down a police station in order to save himself from his wife¡¯s alleged harassment.??
The man in question has been identified as Devo Chavda, a daily wager. He resided opposite the Bajrang Wadi police chowki on Jamnagar Road in the city.??
Chavda took the unusual course of action as he wanted to be caught and put in jail so that he could get respite from his spouse, News18 reported. Police have arrested him on the charge of damaging government property and registered a case under Section 436 of the IPC.
He reportedly set the Bajrang Wadi police outpost on Jamnagar Road on fire and waited near the spot for police personnel to nab him.?
¡°Devji alias Devo Chavda and his wife have been at loggerheads for some time now due to domestic disputes and financial constraints. So he set the station on fire to carry out his plan. He confessed to his crime later," inspector Khuman Singh Wala of Gandhigram police station, was quoted as saying by News18.?
The Section 436 of the IPC under which Chavda has been booked, mandates a sentence of up to ten years or a penalty.??
In another incident, a?29-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself to death at her residence in Gota area of?Ahmedabad in Gujarat.?
The woman left behind a note, wherein she alleged that she was being harassed by her husband and his family members for dowry. Following a complaint by the deceased woman's father, a case was registered against her husband and four of his family members.??