Hassan: Two sisters die 17 days apart; parents allege harassment for dowry from in-laws

Hassan: A 19-year-old woman hanged herself at her in-laws’ house on June 8 and just two weeks after on June 25 her 21-year-old sister too was found dead at her husband’s house.

Parents have alleged that they were harassed for dowry by their respective in-laws. The deceased have been identified as Aishwarya and Saundarya, daughters of coffee estate labourer Uday, a resident of Belagodu village of Sakleshpur.

Uday has four daughters, his second daughter Aishwarya who was married to  Nagaraju, was found hanging at her husband’s house at Tumakuru.

Within 17 days of her death, his elder daughter Soundarya who was  Umesh, also died under mysterious circumstances at her husband’s house at Hosanagara. The elders were against their marriage as she is from another caste.

The parents have filed a complaint that their in-laws were torturing them for dowry.