The ministry mentioned it would maintain placing of their efforts for an intensive investigation.

New Delhi:

Two days after the household of Mandeep Kaur, an Indian lady who died by suicide within the United States, launched an internet petition on change.org demanding that her physique be handed over to her household in India, the overseas ministry has mentioned it’s in contact with the native authorities, the police, the household, and the Indian group there.

“Suicide of Mandeep Kaur, Indian living in New York, was very tragic. Our Consulate in New York is in touch with the local authorities, police, family & the Indian community. Our embassy in Washington, DC is in contact with US authorities, who assured us of appropriate action,” the Ministry of External Affairs mentioned right now, including that our embassy and consulate “will keep putting in their efforts for a thorough investigation and give the necessary help to family members”.

30-year-old Ms Kaur, who’s from Uttar Pradesh, died by suicide within the US on August 4 after detailing her ordeal in a video the place she mentioned in Punjabi, “It’s been eight years. I cannot take daily beatings now… Papa, please forgive me. I am going to die.”

Her father has claimed that Mandeep Kaur’s husband had been torturing her for years demanding a son however she mentioned she will not go away him as she could not elevate her two daughters. 

Her household in UP’s Bijnor district is now scared for her two daughters – aged 6 and 4 – and needs them taken away from their father, Ranjodhbeer Singh Sandhu, whose household can also be from Bijnor. The on-line petition additionally calls for that her daughter be protected and their custody be given to Mandeep Kaur’s household in India.

Her father, Jaspal Singh, has filed a case of suicide abetment in opposition to the husband on the police station right here, additionally naming his mother and father, who reside in a close-by village