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Chinta Venkata Subbareddy

Andhra Pradesh

Mukka Subbareddy

Bengaluru

Dowry deaths (IPC section 304B)

Dowry Harassment (IPC section 498)

Dowry Prohibition Act

Harassed for dowry another woman ends life, bringing the count to 60 in just 2 months of 2020With rise in the cases of dowry harassment, most of the women are left with no other option than ending their lives. Two children had nowhere to go after theirended her life. Theirand his family was arrested by the police over dowry harassment.According to the statistics given by City Crime Record Bureau (CCRB), there is an increase in the number of breaches of the Dowry Prohibition Act reported in the city from 700 in 2018 to 748 in 2019. Shockingly, by the end of the first month of 2020, 60 cases have already been reported. The dowry harassment cases have gone up from 412 cases in 2018 to 473 cases in 2019. "Rajeshwari, 30, a resident of Whitefield and a homemaker had marriedin 2015. Subbareddy an MBA graduate who works in the IT field had taken a dowry of Rs 5 lakh in cash, Rs. 7 lakh worth furniture and other items such as 700 grams of gold ornaments from Rajeshwari’s parents at the time of marriage. The couple lived in the city and her parents, who are farmers by profession, live in a village inRajeshwari’s mother, Saraswathi said that they had two children aged three and one. Her father,told BM, “At the time of marriage, we had taken a lot of loans to fulfill their demands as we wanted them to take good care of our daughter. For the first couple of years, there was no problem. But, for the past one and half years, her husband, who had taken a lot of loans, began harassing my daughter to get money from us. He would continuously pick fights with her. We were forced to sell our properties and had fulfilled their demands during the marriage, but his parents and his brothers continued to harass her.” “He not only harassed her physically but also mentally tortured her. She knew our position and couldn’t ask us for anything and hence decided to end her life. On February 17, after putting her children to sleep, she drank hair dye and slept. Her husband who noticed it later shifted her to a nearby hospital where she succumbed,” he said.One of their relatives said that their two children were left nowhere to go. “We went toand picked up those children. Their father and his parents were arrested and mother was no more. We brought them to our village and now every time they ask about their parents, we have no answer for them,” he said.Based on the complaint given by her mother, Saraswathi, the Whitefield police have registered a case against her husband and in-laws.Last year, 42 women were killed due to dowry in the city and Rajeshwari is one of them.2017 - 492018 - 542019 - 422020 - 3 (till January 31)2017 - 4982018 - 4122019 - 4732020 - 20 (till January 31)2017 - 7362018 - 7002019 - 7482020 - 60 (till January 31)