A 24-year-old man from Ludhiana died by suicide last week, triggering a fresh controversy after his former spouse, now residing in the United Kingdom, released a video alleging dowry harassment and psychological pressure from his family. The woman, Kirandeep Kaur, accused her in-laws of making unreasonable demands and claimed that her ex-husband, Sunil Kumar, often threatened self-harm.

Police in Ludhiana have booked Kaur, her parents and her current husband Gurpreet Singh after Kumar’s family blamed her for driving him into depression, ultimately leading to his suicide. Kumar’s parents allege that after she moved to the UK, she severed all communication with him, worsening his mental health.

According to village sarpanch Sukhwinder Singh, the couple married in June 2019, and Kumar sold

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