Overview

• Madhu Singh, 32, was found hanging in her Sushant Golf City home on August 4 after her husband, Anurag Singh, called emergency services around noon before notifying her family nearly five hours later.
• A post-mortem confirmed death by hanging while Madhu’s relatives allege months of dowry torture, forced abortion and repeated physical abuse over a ₹15 lakh demand.
• WhatsApp chats shared by her family show Anurag pressing for the full ₹15 lakh dowry despite their offer of ₹5 lakh and limiting wedding guests to 150.
• Investigators discovered that Anurag messaged household help not to come that day and placed an online food order at 10:30 am on the morning of Madhu’s death.
• Lucknow police have booked him under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita cruelty provisions and the Dowry Prohibition Act and are examining forensic, digital and testimonial evidence to resolve contested suicide and homicide claims.