India, May 19 -- Barely five months after moving into a powerful legal family in Bhopal, a 33-year-old woman was found dead inside her marital home - leaving behind disturbing chats about feeling "trapped", an absconding husband, conflicting claims of abuse and mental illness, and CCTV footage now under intense scrutiny as investigators probe allegations of dowry harassment and murder.

The woman, originally from Noida, was found hanging at her in-laws' home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12. Her husband, a lawyer, and mother-in-law, a retired judge, have both been named in an FIR related to dowry death, while a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probes allegations of harassment, assault and destruction of evidence.

The case has trig...