NOIDA: A 25-year-old software engineer with an IT firm was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her bedroom early on Saturday, apparently after a quarell with her husband over preparing dinner.Parents of the woman, Shreya, have accused her husband Nitin and his mother of murdering their daughter over dowry. Nitin, who works in the same IT firm where Shreya was once employed, and her mother have been detained.Shreya, who was from Chandigarh, had married Nitin in August last year. Since both worked in Noida, they took a 3BHK flat on rent in Aditya Urban Casa in Sector 78.But the couple soon developed testy ties, police said. According to neighbours, Shreya and Nitin would often fight over trivial matters.Around 1am on Saturday, Shreya had locked herself in her bedroom after a tiff. Police said they received a call around 3am from Nitin, who informed them that his wife had committed suicide.“The man said he had had an argument with his wife over preparing dinner and she had locked herself in the bedroom. Their marriage had started showing signs of discord. They would have regular arguments and were sleeping in separate rooms. He said he got to know about the suicide when the woman's mother called her up and did not get any response,” said Girija Shankar Tripathi, the SHO of Sector 49 police station.Police quoted Nitin as saying that he used duplicate keys to open the door and found his wife hanging from the ceiling fan with the help of a bedsheet. “She was rushed to the district hospital, where she was declared brought dead,” Tripathi said.On Sunday, Shreya’s parents lodged a complaint against Nitin and his mother, accusing them of harassing their daughter over dowry. “Nitin's mother had recently come to live with them in Noida. She had been harassing my daughter for more dowry. She would remain very depressed, but I never thought she woud commit suicide. I suspect Nitin killed her and made it look like a suicide,” Shreya's mother Anupam mentioned in the complaint.Tripathi said an FIR had been registered against Nitin and his mother under sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 304 B (where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury) of the IPC along with Section 3/7 of the Dowry Act. “We have detained Nitin for questioning while the allegations are being investigated. Action will be taken after we investigate further,” he added.

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