Maharashtra: Palghar woman ends life; husband, father-in-law held on charges of dowry death

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A 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district following which police arrested her husband and father-in-law on charges of dowry death.

Quoting an official from Nalla Sopara police station, news agency PTI reported that the police found a 'suicide note' written on the victim's palm in which she blamed her in-laws and husband for the dowry demand and for harassing and torturing her.

The woman's father in his police complaint said his daughter got married in May 2022 to a man from Nalla Sopara area who was working as an engineer in a private company in neighbouring Mumbai.

Two months after the marriage, her in-laws allegedly started demanding Rs 5 lakh from the woman's family which they could not pay, the official said quoting the complaint.

At around 8.30 am on Friday, the complainant's son-in-law called him up demanding Rs 5 lakh and allegedly warned that if he fails to pay the same, they would kill his daughter, the police said.

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After some time, when the woman's father called her up and enquired with her, she told him that her in-laws were troubling her for the money and beating her up, and she could not take it anymore, the complaint claimed.

On Friday evening, a person from Nalla Sopara informed the woman's father that she had committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling at her husband's home, the police said.

Based on the complaint by the woman's father, the police on Friday registered an FIR against her husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law under Indian Penal Code sections 304-B (dowry death) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), he said.

The police have arrested the woman's husband and father-in-law, the official said, adding further probe is on into the case.

In February this year, a 28-year-old man and five of his family members were booked for harassing his wife and driving her to commit suicide in Thane.

The case against the six, under the Indian Penal Code and Dowry Prohibition Act, came on a complaint by the woman's father, said the official. (With inputs from PTI)