A five-month pregnant housewife today committed suicide allegedly due to dowry harassment.
According to the police, one Yogesh from Guntur married Lakshmi of Vijayawada in 2013, and the couple were residing at Begumpet. Yogesh was a software engineer and Lakshmi was an assistant clerk in the Department of Posts.
Yogesh was jobless when he married Lakshmi, and had taken a dowry of Rs 10 lakhs. When Yogesh got a software job later, he started harassing Lakshmi for additional dowry given his changed circumstances. Fed up with his torture, Lakshmi filed an FIR at the Begumpet women's police station citing dowry harassment.
The police counselled the couple, but Yogesh allegedly continued harassment of his wife even after the police counselling, and demanded Rs 20 lakhs in additional dowry. Unable to withstand torture by Yogesh, Lakshmi committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan.
Lakshmi's parents lodged a complaint with the police alleging that their daughter had committed suicide due to harassment by her husband. The police have registered a case and started investigation. Yogesh is reportedly missing, and a man-hunt has been launched for him.