Unmoved in-laws leave corpse unattended

Hyderabad: The grim news of suicide of mother of a 17-month-old child does not seem to have pricked the conscience of her husband and parents-in-law.

Juvvadi Srilatha, a software engineer in the United Kingdom, committed suicide by consuming poison in Mumbai on May 7.

She took the extreme step unable to endure the alleged harassment by her parents-in-law and her husband for additional dowry.

Srilatha's brothers P Venkateswar Rao and Sridhar Rao along with their family members and relatives brought the body to Hyderabad and placed it at the house of her parents-in-law at Ramanthapur.

But her parents-in-law Rajeswar Rao and Ashalatha and her husband J Vamsi Krishna Rao were conspicuously absence. The body remained there since Tuesday.

With the intervention of elders, Srilatha's husband came to his house and spoke to her brothers. Vamsi Krishna reportedly promised to give some property to his daughter, Medini.

He agreed to the proposal only after the women organisations swung into action and staged protests. Her last rites were performed on Thursday.

Srilatha's parents presented Rs 2 crore worth gold jewellery and other articles at the time of her marriage. Srilatha used to draw Rs 7 lakh salary a month in Indian currency.

But, she was subjected to harassment for additional dowry. She had reportedly attempted to commit suicide by jumping from running train in the UK, but she survived.

She took three months treatment, but did not report against her husband because she thought her baby needed a father.

Vamsikrishna used to spend his wife's earnings too for the sake of his parents. Srilatha has a house, worth Rs 7 crore in UK.

Though the members of the two families came to terms with each other, the 17-month-old baby Medina, unaware of death of her mother, presented pathetic sight.