India, May 19 -- The 33-year-old Noida woman, who was found dead in Bhopal in an alleged dowry harassment-related case, was suffering from schizophrenia, her husband's mother has claimed.

The woman's mother-in-law, a retired judge, said on Monday that she had undergone an abortion before her death and had also confessed to taking marijuana during her pregnancy to reverse it.

The deceased had married a Bhopal-based lawyer in December 2025. Her family has alleged dowry harassment, mental torture, and assault, while the in-laws have denied wrongdoing and raised counter-allegations regarding her mental health.

"When she started the first course of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP), she said she wanted to reverse this, which I knew...