Woman commits suicide over alleged harassment: husband held by jnanabharathi police

Vinod M Jain & Avanth Kumar Kankaria

A 26-year old homemaker ended life due to alleged harassment from her husband in Jnanabharathi on Monday evening.

The deceased Ranjitha, Married to Manjunath, a private firm employee , five years ago and the couple had two children.

Senior officer said, the deceased was reportedly harassed by Manjunath and on Monday night she went to the room and locked herself from inside before hanging to the ceiling of the house

The incident came to light the next morning when Ranjitha mother came home to visit her.

Based on the complaint the police have taken up a case of dowry harassment and taken Manjunath into custody for questioning.

Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani Ph.: 104 for help.