India, May 23 -- In a moment charged with emotion, the 10-month-old son of late Vaishnavi Hagawane - who allegedly died by suicide earlier this month - was handed over to her parents, the Kaspate family, on Thursday afternoon. The reunion brought tears to the eyes of the grieving family, who said it felt, even if briefly, like Vaishnavi herself had come home.

Vaishnavi, daughter-in-law of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Rajendra Hagawane, died in an alleged dowry case that has shocked Maharashtra and sparked public outrage. Her husband Shashank Hagawane, mother-in-law Lata, and sister-in-law Karishma have been arrested on charges of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. Her father-in-law Rajendra and elder brother-in-law Sush...