Could have been saved had she reported abuse earlier: SWAT commando’s brother

Kajal, a Delhi Police serviceman who died aft being assaulted allegedly by her husband, mightiness person survived if she had reported the maltreatment erstwhile it archetypal happened six months ago, according to her elder member Nikhil Chaudhary.

“About six months ago, helium [accused Ankur Kumar] slapped my sister. She called me, and erstwhile I went to her house, helium promised ne'er to deed my sister again,” Mr. Nikhil Chaudhary said connected Thursday.

Kajal, 27, caput was struck against a doorway framework and was deed with a metallic dumbbell, allegedly by her husband, during a quarrel connected the intervening nighttime of January 22-23.

She succumbed to her injuries astatine a Ghaziabad infirmary connected Tuesday. Her husband, who works astatine the Ministry of Defence, was taken into custody soon aft the attack. Kajal, who joined the unit successful 2022, had been serving arsenic a commando successful the Delhi police’s SWAT unit.

Nikhil Chaudhary, a constable with Delhi Police, said his sister besides endured relentless “dowry harassment from her in-laws”.

“Kajal’s mother-in-law told her that her lad deserved astatine slightest ₹1.5 lakh successful currency arsenic a gift, arsenic helium has a authorities job. She besides said that her lad could person got a household who would person talented him a car,” Mr. Nikhil Chaudhary said.

He said that astatine first, his brother-in-law supported his sister, but later, helium excessively began “abusing Kajal implicit dowry”.

“Ankur utilized to taunt: What has your household fixed to me?” Kajal’s member said.

Police person registered an FIR nether Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and Ankur Chaudhary has been sent to judicial custody. An serviceman said the accused’s parent and sister had besides been named successful the FIR. “The allegations against them are substantial, but the enactment volition beryllium taken lone aft ascertaining definite facts,” the serviceman said.

Kajal was 4 months large erstwhile the battle happened. The couple’s one-and-a-half-year-old lad is present surviving with his maternal grandparents.