They gave Elan Cheran’s family 100 sovereigns of gold, Rs 15 lakh for a car, Rs 30 lakh cash and 5 kg of silver as a dowry, Divya’s brother Prekumar says. “But Elan Cheran’s mother was not happy with it,” he adds.

However, this wasn’t the first time the deceased or her family had opened up about the issue. In an interview with the News Minute, the concerned police officer dealing with the case says, “Earlier, Divya’s family had gone to panchayat with this issue, and both the families had reached a compromise.”

“About a year ago, her mother-in-law had fought with her saying that she did not do household chores properly, and her father-in-law hit her for that. She was scared to go back home, yet, we told her to go back,” Premkumar says.

“She had a three-year-old child, and she had to take care of him,” he adds.

“I thought, slowly, everything will be fine,” he says.

Well, we wish every family that gets into marrying their daughters realize and sense the danger much earlier. After losing a loved one, it just becomes too late.