Yashodhara Bangera

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (RJP)

Mangaluru, Aug 26: A mother has complained to the police that her daughter ended life because of dowry harassment from her in-laws.

Varija Shetty from Belthangady is the complainant. She lodged the complaint at Moodbidri police station on Friday August 26, which says that her daughter Swathi Shetty (25) consumed poison and died because of the harassment related to dowry.

Swathi from Belthangady had married Bhoja Shetty’s son Sharathchandra from Moodumarnadu in 2014. Sharathchandra had left for gulf for work only after a month of a marriage. Swathi who was a MSW graduate worked in Mangaluru and commuted everyday from Moodumarnadu.

Swathi

On August 13, Swathi had gone to her mother and had complained about harassment. But mother told her to be patient and sent her back to her in-laws’ house. When she phoned on the same day to talk to Swathi, there was no reply. Then she phoned Shashi, the neighbour of Bhoja Shetty. When Shashi went to the house, Swathi was found lying semi unconscious as she had consumed poison. Immediately she was taken to a hospital in Moodbidri and then shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru.

Swathi breathed her last without responding to treatment on August 18. Police recorded it as a suicide case.

Now the case has taken a new turn with Varija complaining about dowry harassment. Her complaint says that the harassment prompted her daughter to take the extreme step.