Guntur: A married woman committed suicide due to alleged harassment by her in-laws.
Angered over the death, her relatives and the relatives of the woman attacked the in-laws and staged a protest at Turimella in Rompicharla mandal, Guntur district, on Wednesday.
According to Rompicharla SI N. Prakash Rao, 27-year-old Dontu Lakshmi committed suicide by hanging herself to the ceiling fan in her house at Turimella.
Her husband Ravi Kumar after informing about the death to Lakshmi’s parents escaped from the village.
The angry parents, along with their relatives, rushed to in-laws’ house and attacked her father-in-law D.V. Chalam and mother-in-law Kotamma.
Lakshmi’s father, Venkat Rao, said Lakshmi was married to Ravi Kumar seven years ago and that the couple was blessed with two daughters.
He alleged that Ravi Kumar and his parents did not like daughters and harassed Lakshmi for not giving birth to a baby boy.
Lakshmi became a pregnant for the third time too but her husband and in-laws feared it would be a girl again and got it aborted.
After abortion, Lakshmi went to her parents’ house in Vinukonda. Four days ago, Ravi Kumar told his father-in-law to send Lakshmi back to his house and Venkat Rao dropped her there.
However, once again he and his parents reportedly harassed Lakshmi for giving birth to daughters and unable to withstand the torture, she committed suicide. Venkat Rao lodged a complaint with the cops.
with Rompicharla police against Lakshmi’s in laws and husband. The police pacified agitating family members by assuring stern actions against guilty found on which Lakshmi’s parents and relatives agreed to shift body to the area government hospital for autopsy. The Rompicharla police started investigation by registering a case.
