Unfortunate: Anesthesiologist dies allegedly of pill overdose, Family alleges dowry harassment, caste discrimination

Hyderabad: An anesthesiologist allegedly committed suicide by overdosing pills recently at her residence at Alwal, Hyderabad. Her family alleged dowry harassment and caste discrimination.

Dr Jaya was a medical practitioner in Hyderabad. She completed her MBBS from China. She was married to Gangisetti Karthik, a general physician, in 2015. According to the father of the deceased, both met during their course of study in China. Dr Kartik belonged to the 'dominant' caste because of which the family was against the marriage of the duo, but later on, the family agreed after the daughter insisted.

IAs per media reports, at the time of marriage, the family gave Rs 25 lakh, 450 grams of gold and two Kg of silver as dowry. Her in-laws asked her family to bare the expense of honeymoon to Singapore, on refusal, they allegedly started harassing her. Her parents claimed that she took some medicine which lowers the heart rate after being harassed by her husband Karthik, reported TOI.

According to the complaint filed to the police, her father alleged that she was tortured for additional dowry and mistreated her by using casteist slurs.