Kolar police booked three persons, including a woman, for a dowry death case in which a 21-year-old married woman had committed suicide by hanging with the ceiling at her residence in Rajharsh Colony.
Police said that the case was registered against the accused husband Akash Prajpati and his parents after it was found that the deceased was harassed by her husband and in-laws demanding dowry.
According to the police, the deceased Hema Ahirwar committed suicide after she was harassed by her husband and in laws. Police have booked deceased’s husband Akash his father Atibal Prajapati and mother Sunita Prajapati.
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 family members in their 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. The deceased Hema 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, Akash 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.