Overview

• Kerala police filed charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Dowry Prohibition Act after discovering suicide notes that named Vipanjika Mani’s husband and in-laws in the deaths of her and her daughter in Sharjah.
• Forensic analysis and CCTV evidence in Lucknow exposed that Roshni Khan and her partner killed their daughter and tried to frame her estranged husband, leading to their arrest and a murder FIR.
• In Gujarat’s Kheda district, Vijay Solanki was arrested on a murder charge after his wife confessed that he pushed their seven-year-old daughter into the Narmada canal out of obsession with having a son.
• All principal suspects in the three cases are now in custody and face FIRs under sections for cruelty, abetment of suicide and dowry prohibition as investigations advance.
• The incidents underscore how persistent dowry demands, son preference and familial betrayal continue to threaten women and girls despite existing legal protections.