LUCKNOW: A city-based doctor has been accused of killing his wife by sedating her and causing her to drown in a bathtub at a hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, where the couple were vacationing.
In a letter addressed to deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Jan 12, Satyanarayan Sharma of Sector 16, Vrindavan Colony, accused his son-in-law, Dr Ashish Srivastava (38), of killing his daughter Priyanka Sharma (32).
Police registered an FIR against the doctor late Monday night, charging him with murder. A probe is being conducted.
According to the complaint, a few years after getting married their marriage grew strained. “The dispute continued because my daughter came to know that Ashish had an illicit relationship with another woman, and she protested against this.
Ashish used to harass her mentally and physically. My daughter gave an application to the police against him earlier, and a report was registered. Thereafter on mine and Ashish’s father’s intervention, my daughter was assured that she would not be harassed again and I sent my daughter with Ashish,” he said.
‘Their relationship turned sour after Priyanka gave birth to boy’
The deceased’s father said that on Jan 4 Ashish went to Thailand with his daughter. “On Jan 8, around 3 am, a call came that Priyanka died by drowning in the bathtub. Ashish is a doctor by profession, and taking advantage of his profession, he fed some medicine to my daughter and conspired to drown her in the bathtub, as he told us that she died by drowning in the bathtub. I am convinced that Ashish murdered my daughter,” Sharma alleged in his complaint to the police. “He can also commit some crime against me and my family,” he added.The victim’s father said that the two had a love marriage in 2017, and until 2021 their relationship was fine. “But in 2021, after Priyanka gave birth to a baby boy, things worsened between them,” he said.
Another family member said that on the pretext of improving Priyanka’s mood, as her mother died in Oct, Ashish took her to Thailand. “The couple were to return on Jan 14. However, she died on Jan 8 and Ashish and his family returned on Jan 10, leaving Priyanka’s body,” he added.
Additional DCP (East Zone) Pankaj Kumar Singh said an FIR under BNS Sec 103 (1) (murder) was lodged against Dr Ashish Srivastava, and a probe would be conducted.
