A 26-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in Bengaluru’s Whitefield area, after sharing her mobile phone password with her younger sister shortly before her death, with her family accusing her husband and in-laws of mental and physical harassment over the past three years, police said on Sunday. 

The deceased has been identified as Lakshmi Priya. Based on a complaint lodged by her family, the Whitefield police have registered a case against her husband Rajesh Aaradhya, father-in-law Palakshradhya and mother-in-law Bhagyamma under Sections 80(2), 85 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.