KOZHIKODE: Nafeesa, the mother-in-law who was absconding following the suicide of Shabna in Orkkattery, has been arrested. She was arrested from a lodge in Kozhikode. It is reported that Shabna's sister-in-law is also in police custody. Her husband Habeeb is still absconding.

The police have registered a case against them on charges of abetment to suicide and domestic violence. Habib's uncle, Haneefa, a native of Orkkattery, had been taken into custody by the police earlier. The CCTV footage of Haneefa abusing Shabna was released earlier. Shabna was later found hanging in her husband's room.

Shabna got married ten years ago. After she faced constant problems at her husband's house, Shabna's parents told her to return home. But the woman chose to live at her husband's residence. When the torture became unbearable, the woman decided to move to another house. For this, Shabna asked her husband's family to return the 120 sovereign gold her family had given at the time of marriage, but they ignored it.