Another Dowry Murder? Just 72 Days After Marriage, Newly-Wed Bride Falls To Death From Delhi Flat

New Delhi: A 28-year-old woman, who got married just 72 days ago, died after falling from the third-floor flat of an NDMC residential complex in Delhi's Lodhi Colony on Saturday. The victim's family suspect that her husband and her in-laws murdered her over dowry.

The deceased has been identified as Akriti Sutar, who worked as a sales executive at a private company in Chhatarpur.

She was was lying on the ground after the terrible fall from the flat in Block B. She was rushed to AIIMS Hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Her family has rejected that she committed suicide. 

‘She Had Been Suffering…’: Brother

Akriti's younger brother Amay Sutar said that his family came to know about the terrible news on Saturday night.

“When we called the police station, we learned that my sister had met with an accident or some sort of mishap. When we arrived here, we were made to wait for about an hour; we were told she was in the hospital and we had to wait for a call. Later, we were informed that she was no more,” the brother stated.

He told ANI that her sister had been suffering for a long time, adding that her husband used to blame her excessively.

"He would torture her, harbour extreme suspicions, and even physically abuse her."

“When she told us, we took action, just 2-3 days before this incident occurred,” the brother lamented.

Further investigations are underway.

Twisha Sharma Case

The tragic death of Akriti Sutar and the allegations made by her family comes just weeks after the Twisha Sharma death case shook the nation.

Just five months after the seemingly perfect wedding of former Miss Pune Twisha Sharma, she was found hanging from the rooftop of her matrimonial house in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Earlier suspected to be a case of suicide, Twisha's death mystery deepened as her family alleged that she was murdered. Suspicious heightened over the nature and the cause of her death since her husband went missing after her death.

Twisha's family also pointed to multiple injury marks on her body, alleging that she was murdered, and did not commit suicide. It is also alleged that Twisha terminated her pregnancy after her husband questioned her whose child she was carrying, accusing her of having extra-marital affair.

Further, Samarth's mother Giri Bala Singh, who is a former judge, allegedly dialled several influential people shortly after Twisha's death, giving rise to allegations of “judicial cover-up”.