Mohini Pandurang Bhise, daughter of a farmer, too had her dreams of getting happily married like any village girl. Her parents too, in the last few months, were searching a groom for her. However, this year's drought shattered the family's hopes.
An 18-year-old Latur girl's suicide has revealed how drought has crippled the lives in the rural parts of Maharashtra. The girl, allegedly upset over her father's plan to sell off their only piece of land to arrange for her dowry, ended her life by hanging with her dupatta at her home on Wednesday afternoon. The police recovered a suicide note from her residence.
Mohini Pandurang Bhise, daughter of a farmer, too had her dreams of getting happily married like any village girl. Her parents too, in the last few months, were searching a groom for her. However, this year's drought shattered the family's hopes.
According to Pandurang Bhise, Mohini's father, "every time we thought that things are finally falling in place and Mohini would soon get married, we would get a wishlist from the groom's family." He added, "My only possession is a one-acre farm land, which yielded nothing this year due to the drought. I am now working as a collection agent for a bank to make ends meet. How can anyone expect dowry from me. So the proposals got rejected."
On Wednesday morning, Bhise was in discussion with his wife Kuntabai on ways to arrange money for dowry, when he suggested to sell off the land. "Mohini, we suspect, overheard the conversation," said Navnath Bhise, a relative.
Concerned over her family having to suffer because of her, Mohini took her life on Wednesday afternoon, when her parents were away for work. "We came to know of it when we returned in the evening. We entered the house only to see our girl hanging on her dupatta," said an inconsolable Bhise. "She left a suicide note, asking me not to sell the land. She also mentioned that dowry is a social evil and must be stopped," said Bhise.
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