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In an unsettling incident, a woman died after her husband injected her with mercury, nine months ago. The incident happened in Attibele, near Bengaluru.
As per a report by NDTV, Vidya declared that her husband Basavaraj along with his father Mariswamachari on February 26 had injected mercury into her body with an intention to kill her.
On November 23 an FIR was registered at Attibele Police station after Vidya gave her statement.
She mentioned that she was harassed, humiliated and neglected by her husband and father-in-law. She stated that she was often called "mad" and that her husband kept her locked inside the house.
He even refused to take her to relatives' house and also abused her, Vidya stated, as reported by the publication.
On February 26, Vidya said she went to sleep but regained consciousness next evening, with severe pain in her right thigh. She visited Attibele Government Hospital on March 7 when her condition worsened, however, she was then referred to Oxford Hospital, where doctors found presence of mercury in her body after conducting tests.
She remained under treatment for over a month and was then shifted to Victoria Hospital. The doctors there said that the poison had spread throughout her body, and had damaged multiple organs.
Vidya died in November, after battling for nine months. The couple has a four-year-old child.