Mumbai, June 11: A 26-year-old housewife from Madh village in Malad committed suicide, allegedly due to dowry harassment. Reshma Shaikh died at KEM Hospital on June 9, three days after she consumed poison at her residence.
Reshma’s husband, Amjad (27), was arrested on Wednesday on charges of dowry harassment and abetment of suicide. The police is also looking for Amjad’s mother, Farida and sisters Sammu and Naseem in the case.
According to the police, Reshma married Amjad in May 2003. They have two children-a son aged five and a two-year-old daughter. “Reshma’s family had given her jewellery, a television set and a bike, among other things at the time of her marriage. But Amjad sold it all within two months and demanded that her father transfer one of his shops in his name. When Reshma refused, Amjad and his family started harassing her,” senior inspector Jaywant Hargude said.
—Agencies–