A 26-year-old doctor has killed herself in India after her fiance refused to wed her when her widowed mother said they could not afford to pay his family’s massive dowry demand.
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The heartbroken bride-to-be, named only as Dr Shahana in local media, was told the wedding was off unless her family handed over gold, land and a top-of-the-range BMW.
Police who found her dead in her flat in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala, reportedly found a suicide note saying: “Everyone just wants money.”
Her fiance, named as Dr EA Ruwais, and his family had reportedly insisted on being paid 150 gold sovereigns, 15 acres of land, and a top-of-the-range BMW.
State Health Minister Veena George has reportedly ordered an investigation into Dr Shahana’s death.
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The victim, whose father died two years ago, had been studying a postgraduate course in surgery at the Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram.
The police have arrested Dr Shahana’s fiance for a suspected breach of India’s widely ignored dowry prevention laws.
He is also being investigated for failing to help prevent a suicide.
The investigation is ongoing.