A private college lecturer committed suicide at her residence in K.R. Puram on Monday.

Police identified the dead woman as Reena (28), wife of Naveen, a civil contractor. According to the police, the couple married four years ago and was living in a rented house. According to police, Naveen had demanded cash from his parents-in-law to buy a site, and the latter had sought time to arrange it. But, Naveen was allegedly harassing Reena to get the money.

After a fight on Monday night, Reena allegedly went into her room and locked herself up. After some time, when she did not respond to Naveen’s calls, he broke the door open and found her hanging from the ceiling. The K.R. Puram police booked a case of dowry against Naveen.

She used to work in a private college and had married a civil contractor four years ago