Another dowry harassment case surfaces in Delhi amid Twisha Sharma probe
A 25-year-old newlywed woman in Delhi's Mustafabad died by suicide after alleged dowry harassment, her family claimed. Police investigation is underway
Even as the CBI started its probe into the Twisha Sharma dowry death case, another alleged dowry harassment case that led to a 25-year-old newlywed woman dying by suicide has taken place in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad area.
Jumped from fourth floor
Police said on Tuesday (May 26) that the woman jumped from the fourth floor of a building on Monday (May 25). She was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Elaborating further, police said a preliminary inquiry has revealed that the woman had married the man of her choice around three months ago.
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Her family members alleged that within a few weeks of marriage, her husband and his relatives started demanding gold and cash. They further alleged that the deceased was subjected to constant mental harassment.
According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the mental stress due to the harassment had severely affected her in the last few weeks.
A police officer who confirmed the incident said legal action is being taken, and further investigation into the matter is underway.
Series of recent dowry-linked cases
In the past few days, multiple incidents linked to alleged dowry harassment and deaths have surfaced from different parts of the country.
On May 21, police arrested two more persons in connection with the death of a 24-year-old woman who allegedly fell from the third-floor terrace of her in-laws' residence. Earlier, police had taken her husband and father-in-law into custody from Greater Noida after the woman's family accused them of harassing her over dowry demands.
Acquittal in dowry death case
In a separate case, a Delhi court acquitted a man facing charges of dowry death and cruelty in connection with the 2015 suicide of his wife. The court cited insufficient and unreliable evidence, while observing that several key prosecution witnesses had turned hostile during the trial.
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Meanwhile, allegations of dowry-related harassment also surfaced in the case involving Amandeep Kaur (32), a resident of Chandigarh. According to the FIR, demands for money and alleged harassment began shortly after her marriage to Gagandeep Singh Virk in December 2018.
It was alleged that the husband wanted financial assistance from Amandeep and her family to support his plans of relocating from Canada to the United States, while she preferred to continue living in Canada.
(With agency inputs)