Unable To Bear Dowry Torture, Housewife Dies by Suicide
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Unable To Bear Dowry Torture, Housewife Dies by Suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Unable to bear dowry harassment by her husband Batta Abhilash and in-laws, who wanted her to sell her plot of land for setting up a business, a 30-year-old woman died by suicide on Wednesday. In a purported suicide note found in the house, the victim, Amaravathi, wrote: “Reason behind my suicide is my husband and his family as they do not like me and all that they need from me is my land so that they can live a luxurious lifestyle. According to her brother Dinesh, the family had given 550 grams of gold ornaments, two kg silver articles and Rs 10 lakh in cash as dowry, apart from a plot in Hayathnagar worth Rs 3crore to his sister. Suraram sub-inspector Narayan Singh told Deccan Chronicle that the accused was in car spare parts business and in financial difficulties.

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Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana

New Indian Express  

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After Bengaluru techie suicide, plea in Supreme Court seeks reform of dowry laws
4 weeks, 1 day ago

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India Today  

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Sexually abused Odisha housewife dies by suicide
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Telangana: Woman ends life over financial trouble, son also dies by suicide
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana: Woman ends life over financial trouble, son also dies by suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

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Farmer attempts suicide over land dispute with ex-RTI commissioner in Khammam, Telangana
6 months ago

Farmer attempts suicide over land dispute with ex-RTI commissioner in Khammam, Telangana

New Indian Express  

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Man Dies by Suicide Over Immense Pressure Caused by his Friends
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Man Dies by Suicide Over Immense Pressure Caused by his Friends

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 37-year-old trader, Uttam Rakesh Kiran, of SRT Sanathnagar, died by suicide, after alleging pressure from his friends to repay some money that he had borrowed from them. Police said Kiran had borrowed money from his friends and initially managed to repay some of the loans when he made profits through trading. When he incurred losses later, his friends …

Couple Commit Suicide Hours After Wife's Gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Basti
1 year, 3 months ago

Couple Commit Suicide Hours After Wife's Gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh's Basti

News 18  

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Woman ends life, blames dowry harrassment
1 year, 6 months ago

Woman ends life, blames dowry harrassment

Deccan Chronicle  

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6 months into marriage, woman burnt alive for dowry in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur
1 year, 7 months ago

6 months into marriage, woman burnt alive for dowry in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur

Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 5 months ago

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Live Law  

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Bhopal: Woman ends life due to dowry harassment, husband and in-laws booked
2 years, 9 months ago

Bhopal: Woman ends life due to dowry harassment, husband and in-laws booked

India Today  

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SC Pulls up Telangana Govt for Insensitivity in Suicide of BHEL Woman Officer
4 years, 1 month ago

SC Pulls up Telangana Govt for Insensitivity in Suicide of BHEL Woman Officer

News 18  

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Woman commits suicide, husband, mother-in-law booked for harassment
4 years, 5 months ago

Woman commits suicide, husband, mother-in-law booked for harassment

India TV News  

A woman committed suicide by allegedly consuming a poisonous substance as she was fed up of being harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry, police said on Wednesday. Nain Kanwar wife of Vikram Singh, resident of Dolisarna village allegedly consumed poisonous substance at her home on Tuesday afternoon reportedly after a domestic brawl, DSP and Circle Officer Gangdhar Brijmohan …

Husband, 3 others held for abetting suicide of wife, daughter
5 years, 7 months ago

Husband, 3 others held for abetting suicide of wife, daughter

India TV News  

In a new twist in the case relating to the suicide of a mother and her teenaged daughter in Neyyatinkara in Kerala, four family members, including the husband and mother-in-law, were arrested on Wednesday for alleged mental torture over dowry. Chandran had said on Tuesday that his 19-year-old daughter Vaishnavi and wife Lekha had committed suicide due to continuous pressure …

Woman, infant daughter burnt alive for dowry in Deoghar
5 years, 7 months ago

Woman, infant daughter burnt alive for dowry in Deoghar

Hindustan Times  

A 22-year-old woman and her one-year-old daughter were allegedly burnt alive for dowry, in a village at Deoghar district on Saturday night by her husband and in-laws. On Sunday morning, neighbours informed police about the stench emanating from Ansari’s locked house, following which police reached the spot, and found the charred bodies. Police said Rukshana Biwi and her daughter were …

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