Kerala woman dies after drinking toxic cleaning agent; husband held: Police
A 24-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after drinking a toxic cleaning agent in front of her in-laws in Kerala’s Kasaragod district, police said on Sunday. The woman was rushed to a nearby government hospital. (Representative Image/iStock) The incident was reported on late Saturday in Kasaragod’s Panalam. Police suspect it to be a case of mental harassment by the husband and mother-in-law, based on the complaint made by deceased’s family. A case has been registered at the Vidyanagar police station based on a complaint filed by deceased’s brother. An inspector told HT that the woman’s husband is detained and will be formally arrested soon. “It’s been alleged by the woman’s family that she was regularly mentally harassed over dowry and other matters by her husband and mother-in-law. On Saturday, she was physically assaulted by the husband, and her phone was snatched away when she tried to contact her family,” officer told HT. Also Read: ‘Brain bleeding’, organ rupture: Chilling autopsy findings of Noida married woman point to torture “Later, the woman went to the neighbour’s …









