Woman commit suicide on wedding Anniversary

Hyderabad March 27: A woman has been committed to suicide here in Hyderabad for unable to put up with the harassments by her husband and in-laws.

A 30-year-old employee of Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) ended her life on her wedding anniversary in her Begumpet apartment on Saturday.

The victim was identified as Bhagyalaxmi, work assistant at AMD in Begumpet.Bhagyalaxmi fell in love with Shashidhar of Ghansi Bazar in Secunderabad and married him on March 25, 2016. According to Begumpet police, Shashidhar was unemployed for a long time after the marriage and Bhagyalaxmi used to run the house.

After the wedding, the couple started staying at a rented flat at Brahmanwadi in Begumpet. In October 2016, seven months after the wedding, Bhagyalaxmi approached Begumpet women police station complaining about domestic harassment. " As per the standard operating procedure (SOP), we have sent the couple for counseling to the Central Crime Station (CCS). After the counseling, if the wife approaches us again, then a case will be registered. However, Bhagyalaxmi did not approach us after the counseling," Begumpet Women Police Station sub inspector (SI) M Krishna said.

On Saturday morning, Bhagyalaxmi and Shashidhar went to his parent's house at Ghansi Bazar to celebrate their wedding anniversary but returned home at 3 pm after a spat with her in-laws. A little later, parents of Bhagyalaxmi called Shashidhar to find out why she was not answering their calls. "As Bhagyalaxmi was not answering their calls, her parents went to Brahmanwadi flat at around 8.30 pm and broke the door latch and found her hanging from the ceiling fan," SI Shiva Kumar said.

Bhagyalaxmi wrote a suicide note blaming her in-laws and husband. "The parents of the victim alleged that she ended her life due to dowry harassment. We have registered a case against Shashidhar and his family members under section 304-B (dowry death) of theIPC," said deputy commissioner of police (DCP), North Zone, B Sumati