Overview
- Police found Dr Meenakshi Sood dead at her Jalandhar residence on Wednesday and opened an investigation after her father filed a complaint.
- An FIR under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for abetment of suicide names her husband, Dr Piyush Sood, who police say is currently uncontactable and has not been questioned.
- The family alleges multiple loans were taken in Meenakshi’s name, including a recent discovery of about Rs 2.5 crore when she applied for a housing loan and an earlier Rs 35 lakh loan used to start the husband's clinic.
- Relatives say Meenakshi faced years of mental and physical harassment, moved out in July 2025 after an alleged strangulation attempt, and handed CCTV footage to police that they say shows the husband with another woman.
- Authorities say the post‑mortem has been completed and investigators are scrutinising bank records, CCTV and digital evidence while the exact cause of death awaits forensic confirmation and the family presses for an immediate arrest.