Thane, Nov 13 (PTI) Police have arrested a 30-year-old man hailing from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly abetting his wife's suicide in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in Beturkarpada area of Kalyan town here on November 9, the official from Mahatma Fule police station said.

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As per a police complaint filed by her relative, the woman's husband, native of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, had been harassing her after she was unable to fulfil his demand of Rs 5 lakh and a motorcycle.

Fed up with the constant harassment, the woman ended her life, the official said.

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Based on a complaint, the police on Monday registered the FIR against the woman's husband under section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and arrested him on Tuesday, he said.

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