Incident Reports

Tortured for dowry, woman commits suicide, kills her daughter too

2019-01-20

Madhes, Dhanusha, Janakpur, Ward 7

A woman from Janakpur has suicide after poisoning her two-year-old daughter. Police said that the woman has committed suicide because of her in-laws.


25-year-old Sima Sharma from Janakpur metropolitan-4, Janakpur committed suicide after she was tortured time and again by her in-laws over dowry. Police said that she was forced to commit suicide after she was physically and mentally tortured by her in-laws for not bringing enough dowry.

Meanwhile, police have arrested her in-laws while her husband is still at large.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Suicide
Weapons None
Primary Cause Related to disputes over dowry
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 3
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Family/relative
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Killed 2
Female Killed 2
Youth Killed 2
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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