Overview

• On May 30, 23-year-old Pravallika allegedly took abortion pills given by her husband after he claimed a pregnant woman should not be involved in new home rituals in Adilabad’s Bangariguda colony.
• She was first treated at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad, and then referred to Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, where she died from severe bleeding on May 31.
• The Adilabad rural police have registered a case under Section 90 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and are searching for her husband, S Prashant, who fled the locality after the incident.
• Investigators are examining the specific drugs administered and probing whether his superstitious belief drove the coerced abortion.
• Authorities are awaiting the postmortem report to confirm the precise cause of death and to advance the legal proceedings.