Overview
- Taloja police arrested Umesh Pawar and his parents, Aruna and Ramesh, after 21-year-old Vaishali Vinayak Pawar died by suicide in Navade, Navi Mumbai.
- Investigators registered Sections 304(B), 306, and 498A of the IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act in the Navi Mumbai case, and they are searching for additional named relatives.
- Vaishali’s family reported giving ₹2.5 lakh and gold at marriage and alleged subsequent demands for ₹1 lakh for a car, along with repeated physical and mental abuse.
- In Mumbai’s Khar area, police arrested Arvind Manoj Gupta and in-laws after 24-year-old Neha Gupta died on October 16, following her father’s FIR alleging dowry harassment.
- The Mumbai FIR alleges prolonged cruelty, forced termination of pregnancy, and intoxicants mixed in food, with prior complaints and attempted mediation documented by the family.