Pregnant Woman in Telangana Dies by Suicide After Husband Allegedly Demands DNA Test

Overview

• Sushmita, who was five months pregnant, was found dead by suicide at her Gadipeddapur home on June 25 and her body was taken to Sangareddy Government General Hospital for a post‑mortem.
• Her mother says the couple argued when she visited on June 23 to discuss a baby‑shower and that the husband openly demanded a DNA test for the unborn child in front of both families.
• The victim’s mother has alleged repeated physical and mental harassment by the husband and ill‑treatment by the mother‑in‑law before the death.
• Alladurg police registered offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for cruelty (Section 85), abetment of suicide (Section 108) and common intention (Section 3(5)), and arrested the husband, G Abhilash, and his mother Shasirekha, who were sent to judicial remand.
• Officials say the investigation is ongoing with no published forensic or court findings yet and the case has drawn attention to domestic‑abuse risks, local family and caste tensions, and gaps in mental‑health support for people under harassment.