India, Nov. 25 -- A tragic case from Attibele, about 28 km from Bengaluru, has come to light after a woman who endured nine months of agony from suspected mercury poisoning, allegedly inflicted by her husband, has passed away.

Police registered an FIR on November 23 after the victim, Vidya, managed to give a detailed statement shortly before her health deteriorated further, said a report by the NDTV.

In her dying declaration, Vidya described a pattern of relentless mistreatment by her husband and father-in-law. She said her husband frequently dismissed her as "mad," kept her confined inside their home, barred her from visiting relatives, and subjected her to constant verbal abuse. The couple shares a four-year-old child.

Vidya recounte...