India, Feb. 17 -- A 34-year-old woman allegedly took her own life after killing her four-year-old daughter in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Monday, according to local authorities.

The woman, the president of Pavagada Gram Panchayat, hanged her daughter from a ceiling fan using a dupatta before taking her own life, news agency PTI quoted officials.

The incident occurred at their house in Ramaiah Layout, Nagasandra, while the woman's husband was away.

A senior police officer confirmed that a suicide note found at the scene alleged her husband was having an affair with another woman and that she was being harassed by him for dowry.

Police investigations have revealed that woman and his partner got married in 2014. Their relationship was repor...