Overview

• Suddaguntepalya police registered an FIR under BNS Section 80(2) and the Dowry Prohibition Act based on a complaint by the victim’s mother.
• The husband, Praveen, is in custody for questioning, and his mother Shantavva is named in the case as investigators collect forensic evidence and witness statements.
• Relatives allege prolonged dowry demands, citing an initial request for Rs 15 lakh and 150 grams of gold and later demands including Rs 5 lakh for a business.
• Family members dispute a suicide narrative, saying the in-laws first claimed a heart attack and alleging the body was moved before police arrived and that scene details do not support hanging.
• Shilpa, a former Infosys engineer and mother of a young son, had reportedly faced body-shaming and harassment after her husband left his software job to run a pani puri business, with reports saying she was pregnant.