India, June 18 -- A 26-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in Ambernath on Tuesday after being subjected to relentless physical and mental harassment by her husband and in-laws over dowry demands.

Following the incident, the Shivaji Nagar Police in Ambernath arrested her husband, Dr. Nitin Tilkar, her mother-in-law, Chhaya Tilkar, and her brother-in-law on charges of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. Her husband is a BHMS doctor and practices in Ulhasnagar.

The deceased, identified as Vishakha Tilkar, was a commerce graduate from Pune. She had tied the knot with Dr. Nitin Tilkar on April 30 in an arranged marriage. According to her family, no dowry was given to the groom's family at the time of the wedding. However, shortly...