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On Saturday afternoon, a 26-year-old woman fell from the balcony of her apartment on the fourth floor in Kadubeesanahalli in Bengaluru.
Neighbours and security guards, who heard a loud scream and then a thud, came out of their homes to see what had happened. That’s when they saw the body of Bhavya Handa, a technology professional, lying in a pool of blood.
One of the security guards, according to the police, saw her fall.
Angered and shocked by their daughter’s death, Bhavya’s parents filed a dowry death complaint against Mohit, his sister-in-law Rajini and her husband Dheeraj at the Marathahalli Police Station on Saturday.
The police arrested Mohit, Rajini and Dheeraj on Sunday. The couple had been married only for four months.
According to Bhavya’s mother Sonia Handa, the neighbours told her that they had heard Mohit, Rajini and Dheeraj arguing loudly on the day the incident occurred. When they found her body, she had fallen on her back and was bleeding from her head.
That very day, Mohit allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh, after which the couple began having rifts in their marriage, accused Bhavya’s mother.
The police are taking the statements of neighbours and the security guard, who saw her fall from the balcony.
“The security guard was the first one to see her after he heard someone scream. When he came near the garden area, he saw her fall. The neighbours have said that the couple fought a lot and the house help alleged that Bhavya was physically abused by her husband sometimes. The manager of the housing society had cleaned up the blood by the time the police arrived and hence there is lack of evidence. According to eyewitness reports she had fallen on her back. The investigation is still on,” said a police officer at the Marathahalli Police Station.
WhatsApp messages between Bhavya and her mother about the Rs 40,000 and phone conversations in which Bhavya narrated her ordeal to a friend have been handed over to the police.
(The story first appeared on The News Minute and has been republished with permission.)
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