In July 2025, 2-year-married Manisha died by consuming poison at her parental home in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, following severe domestic abuse, confinement, and escalating dowry demands from her husband, Kundan, and his family. Married in November 2023, Manisha was subjected to physical violence, lock-ins without food, and demands for a Mahindra Thar SUV and 15–20 lakh cash after her father had already spent 15–20 lakh rupees and gifted a Royal Enfield motorcycle. After learning she was pregnant, Kundan allegedly administered a Miso 50 kit to forcibly terminate her pregnancy. Manisha returned to her parental home in Baghpat, where she lived for nearly a year. On July 13, 2025, Kundan and his family arrived with signed divorce papers, demanding she sign them without returning her dowry or wedding expenses, triggering severe distress. On July 15, 2025, Manisha consumed poison. Prior to her death, she wrote detailed allegations on her body—her wrist, hand, and foot—naming Kundan, her father-in-law, and her brothers-in-law Deepak and Vishal as responsible for her death and detailing their threats and abuse. Police registered an FIR and initiated a dowry death investigation.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Baghpat
Incident Type: Suicide
Relationship Status: Separated
Relationship Duration: Approximately 1 year 8 months
Incident Date: July 15, 2025
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Approximately 1 year 8 months
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2025-07-15
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Dowry Conflict
The relationship exhibited a classic dowry escalation pattern within a patriarchal marital structure. Shortly after marriage, the husband and in-laws escalated financial demands from a motorcycle to a luxury vehicle and substantial cash, utilizing physical abuse, confinement, starvation, and coercion (including forced pregnancy termination). When the victim retreated to her parental home, the suspects attempted to enforce a one-sided divorce without financial restitution, causing severe hopelessness that culminated in suicide.
Police from Chhaprauli station received information regarding Manisha's death due to poison consumption. An FIR was registered under dowry death statutes following complaints from her family. A magistrate overseen inquest and post-mortem examination were conducted. Investigators noted prima facie evidence of dowry death following a high-conflict visit by the husband and in-laws on July 13, 2025.
Initial confusion existed between family allegations of direct physical murder during the visit versus the police's preliminary finding that the victim ingested poison following psychological distress and harassment caused by the confrontation.
After marrying Kundan in November 2023, Manisha faced severe torture over demands for a Mahindra Thar SUV and cash. In 2024, Kundan took her for an ultrasound, confirmed her pregnancy, and administered a Miso 50 abortion kit without her genuine consent. Manisha moved to her parental home in Baghpat, living there for nearly a year. On July 13, 2025, Kundan's family brought signed divorce papers and demanded her signature while refusing to return dowry items or wedding costs. In deep distress, Manisha recorded a video detailing the forced abortion attempt, wrote the names of her abusers and their threats directly onto her wrist, palm, and foot, and ingested poison on the night of July 15, 2025.
The case demonstrates extreme risk factors including severe domestic violence, coercive control through starvation and confinement, attempts at non-consensual termination of pregnancy, death threats against extended family members, and aggressive confrontation during pending separation. The victim's writing on her own body highlights complete desperation and lack of accessible immediate safety interventions before her death.
Unlawful dowry demands often escalate rapidly into physical violence, food deprivation, forced medical procedures, and lethal psychological distress. Physical written evidence on the victim's body serves as a critical direct ante-mortem statement naming specific perpetrators.
Immediate post-marriage dissatisfaction with dowry gifts (demanding a Thar SUV instead of the gifted Royal Enfield motorcycle) accompanied by physical violence and room confinement.
Handwriting found on Manisha's wrist, palm, and foot specifically identifying Kundan, her father-in-law, and brothers-in-law Deepak and Vishal, alongside recorded video testimony about forced abortion pills.
Written notes directly on the victim's skin, victim's recorded video statement detailing the Miso 50 abortion kit, post-mortem examination results, magistrate inquest report, and FIR filed at Chhaprauli police station.
Manisha's younger brother stated that the in-laws repeatedly beat her over dowry demands, refused to return wedding expenses, brought unilateral divorce papers on July 13, 2025, and blamed the victim's family, driving her into severe depression. The police officer confirmed a discord history, a disputed settlement meeting two days prior, and preliminary evidence pointing to poison ingestion resulting in dowry death.
Initial reports of physical assault by in-laws at the home shifted toward a police preliminary finding of poison consumption induced by dowry harassment and emotional distress following the failed settlement meeting.
The exact legal outcome, potential arrests of named suspects (Kundan, father-in-law, Deepak, Vishal), and final forensic toxicological verification of the poison.