#Mysterious #death
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 extends to the whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In this Act, “dowry” means any property or security of value given or agreed to be given directly or indirectly by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage.
Although anti-dowry laws have been in force for decades in India, they have been widely criticized as ineffective. The practice of dowry deaths and murders continues to occur unchecked in many parts of India, particularly in Kerala, the most literate state.
The latest incident in this regard is the death of Shahna, a postgraduate student in the department of surgery at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. She committed suicide due to the financial constraints her family faced, preventing them from meeting dowry demands.
Important steps to check dowry are: educate your daughters, encourage them to have their own career, teach them to be independent and responsible, treat them equally without any discrimination, discourage the practice of giving or taking dowry and punish the guilty. Despite all this, what happened to the young, educated doctor seems mysterious.
KA Solaman
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