India, June 30 -- A 27-year-old newly married woman on Saturday died by suicide in Tamil Nadu's Tirupur district after she was allegedly harassed for dowry by her husband and his family, the police said, adding that they have arrested the 28-year-old husband and his father.

"She told her family that she was going to a temple and on the way consumed pesticide and died on June 28 (Saturday). She was found dead inside her car. We arrested her husband and his father on Sunday on charges of abetment to suicide. Today (Monday) the court remanded them to 14-day judicial custody," a senior police officer said.

The couple got married in April, but the woman returned home on June 23 due to the alleged harassment, the police officer quoted above s...