Overview
- News18 reports that Suraj, named in the dowry case linked to his wife Ganavi’s death, was found dead in Nagpur, while his mother Jayanthi is hospitalized in critical condition after an attempted suicide.
- Ramamurthy Nagar police had earlier registered a case citing dowry harassment, domestic cruelty and abetment to suicide, with some reports describing it as a dowry death case.
- Ganavi was found hanging at her parental home, was admitted in a comatose state, and later died, with a post-mortem conducted before the body was handed to the family.
- Her parents alleged sustained harassment over dowry and jewellery, said they spent about Rs 40 lakh on a Palace Grounds reception, and noted the couple’s Sri Lanka honeymoon was cut short with an early return.
- Times of India reported a protest by the woman’s family outside Suraj’s house demanding arrests, with Vidyaranyapura police dispersing the gathering and the investigation continuing.