Dowry harassment: Woman commits suicide

Kundapur: Daily harassment from husband has forced a woman to end her life by consuming poison in Senapura in Gangolli. The deceased has been identified as Anitha Devadiga (28), daughter of Heriya and Sesi Devadiga. The husband Bhaskar Devadiga from saligrama works for the high court as a clerk.

Anitha was married to Bhaskar Devadiga from Saligrama who is a clerk in the high court, two and half years back. The family of Bhaskar Devadiga had demanded 25 sovereigns of gold in dowry. But Anitha’s family provided much more than demanded to keep the daughter happy. But after a month from the wedding, Bhaskar and his elder brother started asking for more. They even went to the extent of asking Anitha for Rs. 10 lakhs. Anitha was forcefully made to stay with her parents and Bhaskar who was in Bangalore occasionally visited her only to harass for more money. She was never taken back to her husband’s house after that. Bhaskar had come last week to pick a fight with the wife. The fight ended with a bodily assault on the wife when she threatened that she would end her life if such treatment continued. The husband said he would not care. And on Monday evening, Anitha consumed poison to breathe her last eventually. Gangolli police have registered a case against Bhaskar Devadiga.