India, Dec. 1 -- Yet another woman has died by suicide. Her brother says she was being tortured by her husband who routinely had affairs since their marriage in 2010. For 15 years, Deepti Chaurasia, married to the son of pan masala magnate Kamal Kishore, endured. Her brother claims, "When we got to know about it, we took our daughter home.After that, her mother-in-law took her back. My sister used to call me and say that she was tortured and that her husband had affairs."

What is this language-took her, took her back-that denies agency to an adult women undergoing abuse?

Now the 38-year-old sister is dead, her brother says he wants justice and the husband Arpit and his mother have been arrested on charges of abetting suicide.

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