Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Apr 25, 2012: Dowry harassment: Homemaker kills herself

TNN | Apr 25, 2012, 12.18PM IST
BANGALORE : A 28-year-old homemaker and mother of an 11-month-old boy allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at her house in Gayathri layout, KR Puram, early on Monday. The deceased, Shravanthi Vishnuvardhan, was shifted to hospital after she complained of uneasiness and fell unconscious. She died in hospital, police said. 

Her husband,Vishnuvardhan , was arrested on Monday after her father Dalapathi filed a dowry harassment case against him. Dalapathi said Vishnuvardhan used to torture Shravanthi for dowry. An MSc degree holder, Vishnuvardhan is an engineer with a firm near Whitefield. 

"She had told her parents about the harassment but her parents tried pacifying her. But this time, she decided to take the extreme step," KR Puram police said. Shravanthi married Vishuvardhan in 2008.
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1 comment:

  1. its so unfair for the women in India...love is not the men's reason to marry the woman, but the amount he can get from her.....so unrighteous...dont they believe in God???

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