Dowry death: victim’s family opposes bail plea of accused in Tiruppur court

The family of Rithanya (27), who had ended her life due to dowry harassment, opposed the bail of the accused husband and father-in-law in the District Principal Sessions Court here on Thursday.

While her husband Kavinkumar and his father Eeswaramoorthy were arrested, the police had not arrested his mother Chitradevi, purportedly on health grounds.

Alleging political pressure, victim’s father Annadurai apprehended that the police was going slow on investigation. Judge Gunasekaran adjourned the bail case to Friday.

Mohan, the lawyer representing the victim’s family, said a petition had been submitted to the court opposing bail to the accused. There was palpable delay on the part of the police in investigating the case. The mother-in-law should be arrested and the accused family should be interrogated thoroughly, he said.

While the Revenue Divisional Officer was probing the case of dowry death, the authorities were yet to come out with the post-mortem report, Mr. Mohan said.