Congress MLA Umang Singhar booked for abetment of woman’s suicide after body found at his residence

Bhopal, May 19: Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA and former state forest minister Umang Singhar was booked in a case of abetment to suicide after a woman allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Bhopal.

 

An FIR has been registered against Singhar under IPC Section 306 for abetment of suicide. The case was registered after relevant witnesses are being questioned. ASP Bhopal Rajesh Singh Bhadoriya told to a news agency, "Postmortem was done today, report awaited. Statements of her mother & son were recorded. Further investigation is underway. Domestic help who lived there and his wife were questioned. All relevant witnesses are being questioned."

 

 

He further informed, "The woman had been living in the MLA’s bungalow for the past 20 days while he was visiting his assembly constituency of Gandhwani in Dhar district."

 

"They met many times in Bhopal and at the woman’s hometown in Punjab in the past few months. Recently, she told her family she was in depression due to regular fights with Singhar," the ASP added.

 

 

The body was found by the house help employed at the Congress leader’s Shahpura bungalow who informed the police immediately. A suicide note was also recovered from the woman’s articles accusing Singhar of anger issues and lack of clarity on some matters. An investigation is underway.