Overview

• The Chavara Thekkumbhagam Police have charged Athulya Satheesh’s husband under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Dowry Prohibition Act after finding her body on July 18 in her Sharjah apartment.
• Kerala police registered a case in Vipanchika Mani’s death under cruelty by relatives, abetment of suicide and dowry prohibition laws following the discovery of her and her daughter’s bodies on July 8.
• Corroborating evidence in Athulya’s case includes a voice note describing severe beatings and family-released videos showing her husband assaulting her.
• Families of both women are demanding UAE authorities cooperate with Indian investigators and provide consular support to enforce domestic-violence and dowry statutes.
• The incidents underscore systemic risks faced by migrant women, who often confront prolonged abuse with limited access to local legal remedies abroad.