Pinky moved to rented accommodation in Thanesar's Akash Nagar area with her two children (Representative Image).   |  Photo Credit: iStock Images

Kurukshetra: A couple from Haryana's Kurukshetra allegedly fed poison to a woman. The woman had been living separately from her husband at a rented accommodation. The woman was found dead in Akash Nagar, Thanesar.

The deceased woman was identified as Pinky. Pinky hailed from the Bohli village in Kurukshetra.

Around 10 years ago, Pinky got married to Ravi. During the course of time, the couple became parents to two children. Around 3 years ago, Pinky took the decision of living away from her husband after he got addicted to drugs and moved out with her children.

Pinky moved to a rented accommodation in Thanesar's Akash Nagar area with her two children. She allegedly started having a relationship with a man identified as Ganga Singh. Ganga was an alcoholic. He used to assault Pinky and demanded money for alcohol. Pinky had recently opened up to her mother and informed her about the assault.

On August 8, Pinky's daughter Shabnam called her maternal uncle (Pinky's brother) Lakhan and said that Ganga and his wife had come to the house the previous day, The Times of India reported. Ganga and his wife allegedly made Pinky drink a medicine they had brought.

After consuming the medicine, Pinky started vomiting and died on Saturday. Mange Ram, SHO of Krishna Gate police station said, "The deceased woman's post-mortem has been conducted and the body handed over to the family for the last rites on Sunday. We have registered a case and started the investigation. The arrests are pending. " The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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