A 30-year-old Chartered Accountant, Manisha Shelke, who worked for a company in BKC, committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her paternal house in Bhandup. According to the police, in a suicide note left by her, she said the continuous harassment meted out to her by her husband and in-laws over a dowry demand forced her to take the extreme step. Based on the note, the Bhandup police registered a case of abetment of suicide and arrested the accused trio from their residence in Kharghar.

Police sources said that the incident took place around 11.30pm on January 12 at Shelke's paternal house in Tiwari chawl, Bhandup Tembhipada. A police officer said, "Her husband Saiprasad Vasant Shelke, 30, father in-law, Vasant Shelke, 61, and mother in-law, Heera Shelke, 55, have been arrested in the matter based on the suicide note recovered from the deceased's residence. Senior PI of Bhandup police station, Shyam Shinde, said, "The matter is being investigated further."