The Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Pune have filed a case for abetment of suicide and dowry death against five individuals, including the husband and in-laws of 23-year-old Vaishnavi Hagawane. She reportedly died by suicide at her marital home in Bhukum, Mulshi tehsil, last Friday, according to a police spokesperson.

Vaishnavi Shashank Hagawane, the daughter-in-law of Rajendra Hagawane, a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar, died under suspicious circumstances. Her family accuses her in-laws of harassment and torture related to dowry demands, reported ANI.