Baghsewania police booked three persons, including a woman, for a dowry death. A 25-year-old married woman on February 19 had committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling at her residence in Shankracharya Nagar area and it was found that the deceased was harassed by her husband and in-laws.
According to the police, the deceased Neelam alias Priyanka Shukla committed suicide after she was harassed by her husband and in laws. Police have booked deceased’s husband Vivek Shukla his brother Vivek Shukla and her sister-in-law Venu alias Vineeta Shukla.
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.
later in the investigation, police found that the deceased was harassed by her husband and in-laws demanding dowry and claims of harassment were made by her father in his complaint.
The police registered a case under section 304 B of the IPC and section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the three accused.
Notably, deceased Neelam married to Vivek in the year 2013 and after few months of the marriage she was harassed for dowry and later depressed over the harassment she committed suicide on Monday.
She was found hanging at her residence and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead.
Initially, Vivek 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.