India, July 24 -- Four people were arrested on Thursday in connection with the suicide of a 25-year-old anganwadi worker who was physically assaulted by nine villagers for allegedly talking to a worker in the electricity department in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district. Five others remain at large, police said.

Police station in-charge Kanwan Abhay Nema said they have registered a case against nine people, including a minor, for abetment of suicide.

The woman, who had filed a police complaint on July 22 against nine villagers, including family members of the lineman, consumed a poisonous substance on Wednesday, her brother said.

She died at a hospital while undergoing treatment on Wednesday.

The anganwadi worker had reported to the centre...