Overview
- The incident occurred Wednesday in Lucknow’s Indiranagar/Takrohi area after the family returned from visiting relatives in Sitapur.
- Family accounts say the husband, identified as Rahul, allegedly called his wife, Tannu Singh, a “monkey,” after which she left the room upset.
- She was later found hanging in a locked room; neighbors and her husband broke the door and rushed her to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where she was declared dead.
- Police and medical officials say the post-mortem confirmed death by hanging, and the body has been handed over to the family.
- Investigators are recording family statements; officers say no written complaint has been filed and no suicide note has been recovered so far.