The deceased, identified as Vaishnavi Omkar Gisre, married Omkar Sanjay Gisre on May 9 this year. (Representative image)

Rs 45-lakh wedding, gold 'not enough', Pune techie dies by suicide over dowry demands

A Pune techie died by suicide four months after her marriage, with her family alleging that her husband and in-laws harassed her over dowry and demanded Rs 5 lakh for a car, despite the family spending Rs 45 lakh on the wedding and giving 10 tolas of gold as gifts.

by · India Today

In Short

  • Pune IT engineer, 24, dies by suicide four months after marriage
  • Husband and in-laws allegedly demanded another Rs 5 lakh for car
  • Family alleges she faced mental and physical harassment over demand

Just four months after her marriage, a 24-year-old IT engineer died by suicide at her residence in Pune on Thursday night, with her family alleging prolonged harassment over dowry.

The woman’s parents said they spent Rs 45 lakh on the wedding and gave 116.64 grams of gold, but her husband and in-laws allegedly continued demanding another Rs 5 lakh to buy a car and subjected her to mental and physical harassment over the demand.

The deceased, identified as Vaishnavi Omkar Gisre, lived with her husband at a residential society in Pune’s Wadachiwadi. After her death, her father, Pravin Raghunath Jarande, 51, who is from Purandar taluka, approached police and filed a complaint.

According to the complaint, Vaishnavi married Omkar Sanjay Gisre, 28, on May 9 this year. Her family claims they spent around Rs 45 lakh on the wedding and gave 10 tolas of gold as gifts.

But, the family alleges, things changed after the wedding. Vaishnavi was repeatedly asked to bring Rs 5 lakh from her parents to help buy a four-wheeler, the complaint states. Her family has alleged that she was also subjected to mental and physical harassment over the demand.

Police said Vaishnavi died by suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence on Thursday night.

Following her father’s complaint, police registered a case against her husband, father-in-law Sanjay Mahadev Gisre, 49, and mother-in-law Rupali Sanjay Gisre, 42. They have been booked under relevant provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act and for abetting suicide. Further investigation is underway.

(If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. For free, 24/7 mental health support, call 14416, the suicide prevention helpline.)

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