Overview
- A 26-year-old Bengaluru woman died on Thursday after an earlier attempt, with her family alleging dowry-linked harassment and humiliation by her husband and in-laws.
- Bengaluru police registered an FIR accusing the husband of abetment to suicide following a complaint by the woman’s parents and protests outside his residence.
- The husband left Bengaluru with his mother and brother and was found hanging in a Nagpur hotel on Saturday, with police sending the body for post-mortem.
- Hours after his death, the mother attempted suicide at a relative’s home in Nagpur and remains hospitalised, officials said.
- Authorities in both cities are coordinating inquiries, and relatives say marital disputes began during the couple’s Sri Lanka honeymoon before they returned to India on December 21.