Husband's Gold Chain Demand, Harassment Drives Wife to Suicide in Ahmedabad

• A married woman in Ahmedabad committed suicide by hanging herself due to alleged instigation and harassment by her husband.
• The husband, Jaigovind alias Abhishek Shakya, constantly demanded a gold chain and taunted his wife, Shivani, about dowry.
• Despite receiving a bike and 2 lakh rupees in dowry, the husband refused to work and repeatedly assaulted Shivani.
• Shivani was also mentally harassed, her phone was confiscated, and she was prevented from speaking to her parents.
• Shivani, a mother of four, took her own life on February 22; her mother has filed a complaint, and police are investigating.