Overview
- Police in Pune arrested a husband and his sarpanch mother after Dipti Rohan Chaudhari, 30, died by suicide, with FIRs citing dowry death, abetment, cruelty and alleged illegal sex determination under the PCPNDT framework.
- Investigators said Dipti’s father-in-law and brother-in-law were also named in the case, with the arrested pair remanded to police custody until January 31 as inquiries into alleged coercion and forced abortion continue.
- Banashankari police in Bengaluru registered a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case against Keerthisri’s husband and his parents after the 24-year-old was found dead at her Yediyur home.
- In Odisha’s Bhadrak district, police opened a case after 55-year-old Lambodar Tarai allegedly died by suicide following his daughter’s public humiliation by villagers, with one arrest reported and the probe ongoing.
- In a separate Pune incident, police arrested Soni Santosh Jaybhay for allegedly killing her 11-year-old son and injuring her 13-year-old daughter, with a preliminary probe pointing to a domestic dispute linked to her husband’s alcohol addiction.