Kolar police booked two persons, including a woman, for a dowry death of a 33-year-old married woman who committed suicide by consuming poison at her residence in Danish Kunj in December last month and it was found that the deceased was harassed by her sister-in-law.
According to the police, the deceased Richa Soni committed suicide after she was harassed by her husband Rahul Gupta and sister-in-law demanding dowry.
Initially after the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered by the police.
Police found claims of harassment were made by her family members in complaint.
The police registered a case under section 304 B of the IPC and sections 5 and 10 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the three accused.
Richa married to Rahul and after few days of the marriage she was harassed for dowry and later depressed over the harassment she committed suicide on December 23, 2020.
In the initial investigation Rahul and his family refused regarding any reason behind the suicide but in the investigation it was found that the family used to harass her for dowry.
Meanwhile a 66-year-old woman whp fell on November 13 near Shakti Nagar died while while undergoing treatment on Tuesday; Govindpura police have started further investigation.
Police claimed that the woman fell while she was on her way to Kasturba hospital with her daughter-in-law. She was rushed to nearby hospital where she died during treatment.
According to the police, the woman identified as Satyabhama Tijoria sustained severe injuries after she fell from scooter. The daughter-in-law of deceased failed to control after cattle appeared over road and Satyabhama fell which led to her death.