India, Jan. 28 -- Pune rural police have arrested a 30-year-old woman's husband and mother-in-law for abetting her suicide, allegedly driven by unrelenting harassment for dowry at her in-laws' home in Uruli Kanchan. The arrests come amid strong reactions and a visit to the victim's maternal home by Maharashtra State Women's Commission chief, Rupali Chakankar.

The accused husband and mother-in-law, a sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) village sarpanch, were arrested by the Uruli Kanchan police Monday evening and produced in court Tuesday where they have been remanded to police custody till January 13. The search is on for the deceased's father-in-law who is also named in the first information report (FIR).

The deceased, an engineer, wa...