Overview

• Cheyur police took 62-year-old Chitradevi into custody on July 4 after victim A. Rithanya’s father pressed for expedited action in the allegedly slow investigation.
• With Chitradevi’s arrest, all three accused—husband Kavin Kumar, father-in-law Eashwaramoorthy and the mother-in-law—are now held on charges of cruelty by relatives and abetment of suicide.
• Rithanya’s family claims she faced escalating dowry demands that sought an extra 200 sovereigns of gold on top of the 300 sovereigns and ₹65–70 lakh luxury car provided at her wedding.
• Seven voice notes sent by Rithanya before her June 28 death detailed the mental and physical torment she endured and have been treated as her dying declaration in the FIR.
• A Tiruppur court postponed the bail hearing for Kavin Kumar and Eashwaramoorthy to July 7 as investigators await the Revenue Divisional Officer’s report on alleged dowry harassment.