Chamarajanagar: Woman found dead, father alleges dowry harassment
Chamarajanagar: A woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Kotepode village near Martalli in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district. The woman’s father has filed a complaint alleging that she died by suicide following alleged dowry harassment.
The deceased has been identified as Priya, wife of Shivakumar.
According to the complaint filed by her father at the Ramapura police station, Shivakumar had taken a loan from a finance company and was allegedly pressuring Priya to bring money from her parental home to repay the instalments. The father stated that despite repeated advice from relatives over the past month, the harassment allegedly continued. He said that in December 2025, he had given Rs 50,000 in cash.
It is also alleged that on the afternoon of February 14, 2026, when her children met Priya, she told them that she was being harassed for additional dowry. Later in the evening, she reportedly informed her father over the phone about the same issue.
Neighbours said that around 10 pm, when Shivakumar stepped out of the house, Priya was found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room. The family later brought the body down.
“My daughter ended her life due to continuous dowry harassment. Shivakumar and his mother Shanti are responsible for her death,” the deceased father alleged in his complaint.
A case has been registered at the Ramapura police station. Additional Superintendent of Police Shashidhar visited the spot and gathered information. Further investigation is under way.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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LPG issue: Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned again amid opposition protests
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Friday amid relentless protests by opposition members over the LPG situation and hike in its price due to the ongoing West Asia crisis.
As the House reassembled at 12 noon after an earlier adjournment over the same issue, Opposition members trooped into the Well and raised slogans against the government.
After laying of papers, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for refusing to understand the pulse of the people saying if the principal opposition continues to behave in such a manner, people will punish them severely.
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"Their leader is refusing to change. Now the members are also behaving like him. Their leader is indulging in drama in Parliament premises by holding plate and glass. They think that by doing such theatrics they will be able to draw the attention of the people, but people know them very well that is why they have not been able to come to power," Rijiju said.
Expressing disappointment over the Congress behaviour, the minister said no one in the Congress party is making their leader see logic.
"Still there is time to change otherwise people of the country will punish you severely," he said.
As the opposition refused to relent, the Chair adjourned the proceedings till 2 pm.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to respond to a debate on the second batch of supplementary demands for grants this afternoon.
