Barnala, Oct. 31 -- Five members of a family have been booked under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (abetment to suicide) in connection with the suicide of a 27-year-old man from Theekriwal village of Barnala. The victim reportedly died by consuming a poisonous substance on Wednesday, said deputy superintendent of police Satvir Singh.

The family of the deceased has been protesting since Thursday morning demanding arrests of all of the five accused named in a suicide note. He added that the family had shown a suicide note to the police that had names of his girlfriend and her brothers, father and mother. According to the police, the family had recently married her off to someone else.

"We have already arrested one of the accus...