Overview
- Police identified the deceased as 22-year-old Anjanabai Shekhar Patil, who was found hanging at her Basavakalyan residence on February 6.
- The complaint alleges sustained mental and physical abuse at her matrimonial home and pressure to enter prostitution, including accusations of illicit relationships.
- Basavakalyan Town Police named husband Shekhar Patil, mother-in-law Arunabai, and father-in-law Chandrakant Patil as accused and took them into custody for questioning.
- The couple married in 2022, lived at his family’s home, and have an 11-month-old infant.
- Officers registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and said the allegations are under active investigation, with relatives seeking a thorough probe into the circumstances of death.