Mother of two commits suicide over dowry harassment

A 26-year-old woman committed suicide after sending a photograph of a pesticide bottle to her brother saying that she was going to consume it.

Swetha Rao, a resident of Gayatri Nagar in Subramanya Nagar, committed suicide on Tuesday.

The police arrested Rakesh Rao, her husband, on Friday on charges of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. He was produced before the magistrate and later remanded in judicial custody.

Sanjay Rao, brother of Swetha, in the police complaint stated that his sister fell in love with Rakesh and that their parents accepted their love and got them married on November 27, 2016.

The couple has two sons, Prathik (one-and-a-half-year-old) and eight-month-old Vedanth.

However, Bhanumathi, Swetha's mother-in-law, tortured her for dowry. Even last week, Rakesh had come to their house and demanded dowry and also assaulted his sister.

On April 16, around 12.30 pm Swetha sent the photograph of the pesticide bottle and texted him saying she cannot live in the world. Because of her everyone was suffering and that she had decided to end her life.

He immediately called her and tried to convince her. But after some time, her phone was switched off. Then he went in search of her and found her lying on the roadside. She was rushed to KC General hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, he said in the complaint.

He then filed a complaint with Subramanya Nagar police seeking action against Rakesh and his mother.