Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Apr 24, 2012: Dowry demand leads woman to suicide

Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – Wed 18 Apr, 2012
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Anguished by repeated torture by her in-law's family for dowry, a 30-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a mall in the capital, police said Wednesday.
Garima, resident of west Delhi's Paschim Vihar area, jumped off the Ring Road Mall situated in west Delhi's Rohini Sector-3 around 8.30 p.m. Tuesday.
She was rushed to Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
"Garima was identified from her PAN card. No suicide note was recovered from her possession, but her family members alleged that she was being tortured by her in-law's family for dowry that led her to take such a step," said a police official.
According to the official, probe is on into the case to ascertain the role of her in-law's family behind her suicide.
Link: Dowry demand leads woman to suicide

No comments:

Post a Comment