MEERUT, Aug. 30 -- Police in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district late on Friday night registered a case against eight individuals five days after a 30-year-old handloom trader died by suicide there on August 24 following alleged harassment, assault, and death threats from the accused over some issue that is under investigation.

"The eight accused, including the sister-in-law of the deceased, have been booked under multiple charges, including Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 108 (abetment of suicide), on the complaint of the father of the deceased. Efforts are on to arrest the accused who are absconding," said Amroha deputy superintendent of police Shakti Singh on Saturday.

The handloom trader's extreme step came to light after a video and a ...