LUCKNOW, July 2 -- Following the triple suicide case of a city-based cloth merchant, Chowk police on Wednesday arrested two accused on charges of abetment to suicide, Mudita Rastogi, the elder sister of the deceased woman, and her husband, Vivek Siddharth.

The action came a day after the cloth merchant's brother lodged a police complaint, alleging that continuous financial pressure and false promises by the couple drove his brother, sister-in-law, and their teenage daughter to take the extreme step.

Assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Chowk Raj Kumar Singh said the deceased had borrowed around Rs.40 lakh, including money from private lenders, and given it to Mudita and Vivek. The amount was to be returned after the sale of a plot in ...