Hyderabad: Woman ends life 13 days after marriage, husband booked

Hyderabad: Just 13 days after marrying against the wishes of her parents, a young woman software employee reportedly committed suicide at her in-law’s house in Sanatnagar. Following a complaint from the parents of the deceased, police registered a case against the woman’s husband for alleged dowry harassment and abetment to suicide.

The woman, identified as Poornima, a techie working with Tech Mahindra was in love with Dasari Karthik, a realtor from Ramarao Nagar in Sanatnagar. When they expressed interest in marriage, Poornima’s parents objected to it. However, they got married at Arya Samaj on November 23.

On Monday, the couple reportedly had a quarrel over some personal issues. The next day, when Karthik was in one room, Poornima was resting in another. After some time, when he went to see his wife, she was found hanging to the ceiling. He then called for an ambulance and alerted the police through Dial 100, and lodged a complaint.

Sanatnagar Inspector K. Chandra Sekhar Reddy said that prima facie, the incident appeared to be suicide. The woman had ligature marks around her neck but also had a head injury. Initially, a case under suspicious death was registered and her body was sent for autopsy at Gandhi Hospital mortuary.

“A note purportedly written by the woman was recovered from her diary in the house. It states that she was going away from them. We are sending it to FSL for analysis,” he said.

On Wednesday, the woma-n’s parents lodged a complaint alleging that Karthi-k’s harassment led their daughter to take the extre-me step and sought action against him. The inspector said that the sections of the case are being altered and Karthik is being booked on charges of domestic harassment and abetment to suicide of his wife.