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Woman kills herself after husband's taunt on skin colour

India TV News Desk [Published on:06 Jun 2014, 8:34 AM]
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Gurgaon: A 29-year-old woman committed suicide here Thursday after her husband taunted her on her skin colour, police said, adding he has been arrested on dowry death charges.


Pooja, hailed from Uttarakhand's Nainital, committed suicide early hours Thursday here in her house in Jyoti Park.

She lived here with her husband Virendra Prakash,33, and infant daughter (18 months) in a rented house.

"The victim committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan around 2 a.m. Her husband has been arrested," police officer Sanjeev Kumar told IANS.

Pooja's father Madan Mohan said that Virendra and his parents, living in Delhi, were demanding dowry.

"I helped Pooja's in-laws once by giving them Rs.8 lakh but they started demanding more money after that," he told police.'

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