Frustrated over demands of dowry, a 30-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at Arif Nagar under Chola Mandir police station area on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Zeba Khan. She was found hanging at her in-laws house by her family members and was rushed to nearby hospital where she was declared dead.Meanwhile, deceased’s parents claimed that the Zeba’s husband used to harass her mentally and physically demanding dowry.Zeba’s father Nafasat Khan alleged that his son-in-law, identified as Owais Khan, and his family had been demanding Rs1.5 lakh as dowry from her daughter and only a few days ago the deceased had given Rs30,000 to her husband. But the greed remained growing and they started to demand Rs1.5 lakh which the family was not able to pay.
On Thursday when Nafasat went to meet his daughter she pleaded him to help her as the family members used to torture for dowry and requested him to take her one and half year son Zen along with him. After he returned at around 3 pm the deceased’s in laws informed that the deceased was committing suicide by hanging with the ceiling.The deceased’s husband and her in laws left the victim at lBS hospital and returned home. The police registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation. The deceased got married in 2012 November, and since then she was facing harassment from the family.