The Mulund police have arrested a man and his family in connection with the suicide of a 22-year-old woman, whom he married recently. Aarti Mohite had married Prashant Kapade, 24, on August 1. Both were in a relationship for the last seven to eight years.

According to Aarti's parents, she committed suicide due to the insults she faced for belonging to a lower caste. Aarti and Prashant had been living in Vishwa Sahakar Society in Mulund East after they got married this month. "Aarti was in love. I was a bit hesitant, as Prashant was working as a contractual worker with the BMC. But due to her insistence, I agreed to the marriage. However, within a couple of days, her in-laws started torturing her," said Aarti's father Jagdish Mohite. "They also asked her to bring dowry and beat her when she refused," he alleged.