Overview
- Baner police registered an FIR after Ganga Tejas Bembalkar, 27, died by suicide on February 19 at her residential building in Peony Society, Yogi Park.
- Her father, a Kalaburagi professor, filed the complaint naming husband Tejas Shiva Bembalkar and three in-laws under BNS sections 80, 84, 108 and 3(5).
- Investigators recovered a suicide note that has been sent for handwriting analysis, and an officer said the note states no one is responsible for her death.
- Assistant Police Inspector B. R. Zarekar said the accused are on the run and a search is underway, with no arrests reported so far.
- The FIR alleges pressure for lavish engagement and wedding arrangements and subsequent demands for additional gold after the November 13, 2025 marriage.