Karkala: NRI's wife found hanging at in-laws' house; murder suspected

Udupi, Feb 20: In a shocking incident, a Muslim woman was found hanging under suspicious circumstances in her in-laws' house at Bailoor near Karkala in Udupi district last night.

The victim has been identified as Rubeena(27), mother of a two-and-a-half-year-old son. Her husband Mohammed Asif works in United Arab Emirates. Mr Asif has arrived from Dubai.

Even though Rubeena's in-laws have claimed that she committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room, her family members have accused her in-laws of murdering her and then trying to depict it as a case of suicide.

After Rubeena's body was sent for post-mortem, her mother-in-law Bi Fathima and husband's sister Haseena Banu were taken into custody by the police for questioning.

According to Rubeena's brother Abdul Rahman, who rushed to her in-laws' house after an emergency call from her husband's brother, told police that the body was found hanging in a suspicious manner.

“Rubeena endured torture from her husband's mother and sister for a long time. We knew the fact that Haseena, a divorcee, often used to fight with my sister and verbally abuse her. Now they silenced her forever,” Abdul Rahman told police.

Rubeena's uncle and other family members also refused to buy the version of her in-laws and accused the latter of harassing and ultimately killing her for dowry.

Originally hailing from Mukkah, Rubeena's parents had recently shifted to Katipalla and she had lost her father nearly four months ago.

A case has been registered at Karkala town police station and investigations are on.