27 July,2025 05:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The deceased`s brother has alleged that she was being harassed by her husband and mother-in-law for dowry, a police official said. Representational Pic/File
A senior MHADA official was booked on Sunday for abetment of suicide after his wife allegedly killed herself in their flat in Kandivali in north Mumbai, a police official said, reported the PTI.
The 42-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in her flat in Lokhandwala area of Kandivali East on Saturday evening, the Samata Nagar police station official said.
"On the complaint of her brother, we have lodged an FIR against her husband, who is the deputy registrar of state-run MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority), and her mother-in-law Yamabai Katare under section 108 (abetment of suicide) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," the official said, according to the PTI.
"On the day of the incident, She had called up her family doctor and told him that her family members were harassing her. She later disconnected the call. The doctor alerted her (maternal) kin after she did not pick up his calls post the initial conversation. Her family members arrived in Mumbai from Pune and found out she had ended her life," he said, as per the PTI.
The deceased's brother has alleged that she was being harassed by her husband and mother-in-law for dowry, the police official said.
"All these claims are being verified as part of the probe into the case," he added, the news agency reported.
Woman poisons to death three minor daughters in Thane; arrested
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 27-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing her three minor daughters by poisoning them after being distressed over domestic issues in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said, as per the PTI.
The accused, a housewife living at Talepada in Asnoli village under Shahapur area, allegedly mixed a pesticide in "varan bhat" (a traditional rice and lentil dish) and served it to her daughters, aged 5, 8 and 10, on July 20, a senior police official said
The girls soon experienced health complications, including vomiting and giddiness, and were rushed to a local hospital. As their condition worsened, two of them were later admitted to a hospital in Mumbai where they died on July 24 and July 25. Another girl was shifted to a hospital in Nashik where she succumbed on July 24, the official said, reported the PTI.
Initially, the Khinavli police registered a case of accidental death.
However, the autopsy report on Saturday night confirmed the presence of poison in the children's bodies, the police said.
Acting swiftly on the crucial evidence, the police registered a case of murder against the children's mother and arrested her around 2 am on Sunday, the official said.
The accused had been grappling with domestic issues, including her husband's habit of liquor consumption, as per the police.
She had separated from her husband and was struggling to care for her three daughters which apparently drove her to the crime, they said, the news agency reported.
(with PTI inputs)
