Mysore/Mysuru: A city Court has sentenced five persons, including the husband of the victim, to seven years rigorous imprisonment on charges of abetting the death of a married woman, who committed suicide due to dowry harassment. Those sentenced are Soma, the husband of the woman, her father-in-law Eeranna, mother-in-law Sudhamani and relatives Mahadevaswamy and Murthy….
Alleged dowry harassment: Woman immolates self at T. Narasipur
June 21, 2021T. Narasipur: A 25-year-old woman, unable to bear the harassment by her in-laws for dowry, allegedly immolated herself be pouring kerosene and setting herself on fire. The incident took place at Hyakanur village in Kollegal taluk on June 17. The deceased is Sudha, wife of Chandrashekar. Daughter of Mahadeva of Kungalli village in Kollegal taluk,…
Alleged dowry harassment: Newly wed commits suicide at husband’s house
May 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 28-year-old newly wed woman, unable to bear the harassment for dowry, allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at the room of her husband’s house at Srirampura in city on Friday night. The deceased is Asharani, wife of M.C. Pradeep, residing at SBM Colony in Srirampura 2nd Stage in city. A native of Saragur…
IPS Officer files dowry harassment case
February 8, 2021Bengaluru: Vartika Katiyar, a 2010-batch Karnataka IPS Officer, who had served as the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kodagu district, has filed a complaint of dowry-related violence and harassment against her husband, IFS Officer, Niteen Subhash Yeola and his family in Bengaluru. In her complaint, Vartika, who is now the Superintendent at KSRP Training and…
Pregnant woman commits suicide over alleged dowry harassment
March 8, 2020Five persons including deceased’s husband arrested Hunsur: A pregnant woman, unable to bear the harassment by her husband and his family members for dowry, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging self at her house in Kalkunike Housing Board Colony here yesterday. The deceased is Lakshmi (23), wife of Yogesh. The Police, who have arrested Yogesh,…
Alleged dowry harassment, woman commits suicide
December 17, 2019Mysuru: Depressed over frequent harassment for dowry, a woman committed suicide by hanging self at her house in Muneshwara Nagar here on Sunday. The deceased is Shwetha (27), wife of Madesh of Muneshwaranagar. Madesh had married Shwetha on June 1, 2015 and Shwetha’s family had given cash and gold ornaments as dowry at the time…
Dowry harassment: BSF soldier sentenced to two years jail
October 15, 2019Mysuru: City’s Additional CJ and JMFC Court has sentenced a Border Security Force (BSF) soldier to two years and has also imposed fine in a dowry harassment case. The person who was sentenced to jail is Shivananjappa, a resident of Lakkikuppe village in K.R. Nagar taluk. Shivananjappa’s wife Varalakshmi had filed a dowry harassment complaint…
Woman commits suicide over alleged dowry harassment
February 28, 2019Mysuru: A woman has reportedly committed suicide by setting herself ablaze following alleged dowry harassment by her husband and mother-in-law at Udbur in the taluk on Tuesday night. The deceased is Bhagya (26), wife of Suresh of Udbur. Bhagya was given in marriage to Suresh about five years ago and the couple has a son…
Alleged dowry harassment
November 29, 2018Mysuru: A woman, alleging dowry harassment, has lodged a complaint against her husband and four others at the Mahila Police Station in city. The woman, identified as S.P. Swathi, a resident of J.P. Nagar, has lodged a complaint against R. Manjunatha Prasad, Savithramma, Ramaswamy, R. Puttaraju and R. Shanthamurthy, residents of Devayyanahundi in Srirampura 2nd…
Five of a family get 2-year jail term for dowry harassment
October 11, 2017Mysuru: The Fifth Additional and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced five members of a family to two years imprisonment and ordered them to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 each for harassing a woman for dowry. The convicted persons are 26-year-old Nasir Hussain, son of Shoukath Hussain, 45-year-old Gulnas Begum, wife of Shoukath Hussain,…
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