Payal Zambre Patil was found hanging in a flat in Mukund Nagar following conflicts with her mother-in-law.
The incident came to light around 11.30am.
Senior inspector Yashwant Nikam of Swargate police station said Payal lived with her in-laws in Mukund Nagar, off Pune-Satara Road. No suicide note was found,” a Swargate police station official said, adding that statements of her maternal relatives were being recorded. Her father-in-law owns a marriage hall and an eatery on Pune-Satara Road, police said.
Police arrested her husband and registered a case of harassment and abetment of suicide against four members of her in-laws’ family after her relatives accused them of subjecting her to harassment over repeated demands for gold. She was eventually found hanging from a ceiling fan in another flat in an apartment complex near their residence. “When police reached the apartment, she was found hanging from the ceiling. Following her death, relatives from Payal’s parental family allegedly vandalised her in-laws’ residence, office and marriage hall, triggering tension in the area. Her parental family runs a business in the Khed-Shivapur area. police have registered a case of abetment of suicide While Payal’s family has alleged that she was murdered and her death staged as suicide. The circumstances surrounding her death are being investigated.
On Monday morning, she allegedly sent messages to some people stating that her mother-in-law would be responsible if anything happened to her. Police said Payal had an argument with her mother-in-law on Sunday and left her matrimonial home. Her family and in-laws began searching for her on Monday morning.
He claimed they began searching for her only after the family questioned them. Payal’s brother, Rishikesh Pawar, alleged that her husband and in-laws appeared unconcerned when he reached their home on Monday morning.