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3mo ago

Two Young Women’s Deaths in Andhra and UP Under Probe as Families Contest Suicide Accounts

Investigations now turn on a dowry‑death FIR in Guntur, with the Aligarh case proceeding as an apparent suicide pending forensics.

The woman’s body was found in the bathroom of her parent’s house on Sunday night. (Representational image)
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The woman married her partner on March 5 and informed her and her husband's families on March 7.
Police said that the deceased's father has not filed any written complaint so far.

Overview

  • In Andhra Pradesh, 25-year-old Madhuri Sahitibai, daughter of a senior IAS officer, was found hanging in a bathroom at her parents’ home in Guntur on Sunday night.
  • Police registered a case under Section 80 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which covers dowry deaths, based on a complaint by her mother, and sent the body to AIIMS Mangalagiri for post-mortem.
  • Her husband, Rajesh Naidu, filed a counter-complaint alleging murder and claimed she was pregnant, while her parents accuse him and his family of dowry harassment.
  • In Uttar Pradesh, 28-year-old constable Hemlata was discovered hanging in her locked Aligarh room after a friend alerted police to a WhatsApp status that suggested self-harm.
  • Police say Hemlata’s post-mortem was inconclusive as her father publicly alleged strangulation before hanging and has not yet submitted a written complaint.