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A 26-year-old doctor in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram has died by suicide after her boyfriend allegedly called off their wedding because her family failed to meet dowry demands...
The woman named Shahana was a PG student in the surgery department of Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, and she was found dead at her rented apartment on Tuesday (December 5) morning...
Following her death, Shahana's relatives alleged that she died by suicide after her boyfriend refused to marry her as her family could not fulfil dowry demands...
When Shahanas family was unable to fulfil the demands, her boyfriend - who was also a representative of the Medical PG Doctors Association, ended their relationship...
Sathidevi said that if it is established that the accused doctor's family demanded a dowry from the victim, a case would be lodged against them under the Prevention of Dowry Act...
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