Blackmailed by boyfriend, married woman hangs herself, records act on phone

VIJAYAPURA: A married woman, who was being blackmailed by her boyfriend, committed suicide by hanging and recorded a video of the entire incident on her mobile phone. She had also recorded another video blaming three men for her death. The incident occurred on April 15 at Uppaladinni village in Babaleshwar taluk, but has come to light only now.

Altaf Sulaiman of the same village had fallen in love with Suhana about a year ago. When her parents came to know of it, they chided Altaf in the presence of other elders and asked him keep off her. Recently, her parents got her married to Sharif Sonar of Hokkundi village.

However, Altaf used to harass Suhana to desert her husband and threatened to release their pictures to her husband and post it on Instagram. Unable to bear the blackmail and harassment, Suhana committed suicide by hanging.

Meanwhile, her father Aslamullah, in a complaint with the Babaleshwar police, has alleged that his daughter’s death was due to political enmity with Innos Parthanalli and Dastagirsab Mulawad as the authorities had stopped the child marriage of Dastagirsab’s daughter. The police have taken up further investigation.