Overview
- Attibele police registered an FIR on November 23 after Vidya gave a recorded statement accusing her husband, M. Basavaraj, of injecting mercury.
- Investigators said the death will be examined as a possible dowry-related case, with inquiries and forensic steps underway.
- Vidya reported collapsing on February 26 and later woke with severe thigh pain; she was admitted on March 7 and referred to Oxford Hospital.
- Doctors found mercury in her system, performed surgery, and later placed her on dialysis as multiple organs failed before she died in November.
- In her statements, she alleged sustained harassment by her husband and father-in-law, Mariswamachari, including confinement and verbal abuse.