Seeking justice and garner immediate support from public, family members of a 22-year-old woman, who had committed suicide last week, created a social networking site - Facebook, further alleging that she was murdered.
Iram Fatima had allegedly committed suicide by hanging at her in-laws’ place in Tilajamlapur on August 24, due to continued harassment by her husband and in-laws for dowry. The police had already arrested three persons including her husband but the family members were not satisfied with the police action and alleged that she did not commit suicide but killed by her in-laws for dowry only.
The Facebook page has received 1402 likes and was flooded with critical comments and abuses for the family of Iram’s husband. The community active on the Facebook claimed that she was beaten to death, suffocated and then hanged. She did not commit suicide but was killed by her husband Naved and his family. Opposing comments were also posted along with those supporting the cause. Iram’s husband Syed Naved, Sameena Sultan sister-in-law were still under police custody however her mother-in-law Naseem Sultan was granted bail on medical grounds after the arrest. During the investigation it was found that the victim was harassed for dowry and her husband Syed Naved, sister-in-law Sameena Sultan and mother-in-law Naseem Sultan used to torture her demanding dowry.