India, Nov. 15 -- Nine days after a 35-year-old homemaker from Kharghar allegedly died by suicide on November 5, the police have registered a First Information Report (FIR), alleging that she had faced sustained mental harassment and dowry demand from her husband and her mother-in-law.

Initially, the police had registered only an accidental death report under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Her family then approached the police with a detailed statement outlining alleged financial demands and prolonged mental cruelty against her, said a police officer.

The complainant in the case, who is the deceased's brother from Chandrapur, alleges that her sister's 46-year-old husband and mother-in-law repeatedly harasse...