"Bore Torture For Daughters," Says Family Of Indian Woman Who Died By Suicide In US
NDTV
Mandeep Kaur's video about domestic abuse is viral; family in UP says they went to police once, but she chose to give her husband another chance
“Her husband had been torturing her for years, demanding a son. But she said she won't leave him as she couldn't raise her two daughters. We understood,” said the father of Mandeep Kaur, a 30-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh who died by suicide in the US on August 4 after detailing her ordeal in a video. We are deeply saddened by the death of Mandeep Kaur in Queens, New York under most tragic circumstances. We are in touch with the US authorities at Federal and local level as well as the community. We stand ready to render all assistance.@IndianEmbassyUS@MEAIndia
In the the video, which has gone viral, she says in Punjabi, “It's been eight years. I cannot take daily beatings now… Papa, please forgive me. I am going to die.”
Her family in UP's Bijnor district is now scared for her two daughters — aged 6 and 4 — and want them taken away from their father, Ranjodhbeer Singh Sandhu, whose family is also from Bijnor. “We should get their custody. I will raise them like a mother,” her younger sister, Kuldeep Kaur, told NDTV today.
Her father, Jaspal Singh, has filed a case of suicide abetment against the husband at the police station here, also naming his parents, who live in a nearby village. “In New York, our relatives are talking to the police,” he said, asking the Indian government to help.
