Overview
- Two women who fell from terraces in mid‑May have become the focus of criminal probes: Deepika Nagar fell on May 17 in Greater Noida and Veena Kumari fell on May 18 in west Delhi, and both families allege prolonged dowry harassment.
- Greater Noida police have arrested four relatives including the husband and parents‑in‑law in Deepika’s case, named seven people in the FIR, and said three accused are absconding as teams raid over 20 locations across the NCR.
- In the west Delhi case authorities registered a dowry‑death FIR, arrested the husband and one brother, and apprehended a teen alleged to be the husband’s brother who was produced before the juvenile board and sent to a correctional home.
- Forensic work is under way: Deepika’s autopsy reportedly showed severe head and internal injuries, viscera samples have been preserved and sent to a Ghaziabad lab, and some autopsies were videographed pending lab results.
- Families say local panchayat mediation previously discouraged formal complaints and they are now demanding fast‑track trials while police investigations continue under dowry‑death provisions that carry long prison terms.