Lufthansa airhostess suicide: Anissia Batra's husband accused of dowry harassment, arrested

On Monday, Mayank Singhvi, husband of Anissia Batra has been arrested. He has been booked under section 304B of the Indian Penal Code which deals with dowry deaths. 

He was interrogated for an hour before being arrested. Batra is the daughter of a retired Major General and worked as a flight attendant with Lufthansa.

She allegedly committed suicide after jumping from the terrace of her residence in south Delhi's Hauz Khas, police said today.

Anissia Batra was in her 40s and worked with a German airline. She allegedly jumped from the terrace of her house on Friday, they said.

Her husband rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Her family alleged that she was harassed for dowry.

The woman had been married for over two years and used to live with her husband in Hauz Khas.

Before jumping off the terrace, Anissia had sent a message to her husband that she would kill herself, police said.

Her husband, a software engineer in Gurgaon, told police that they had regular fights as there were "compatibility issues".

The had an argument on Friday as well, following which Anissia jumped from the terrace, police said.

With inputs from PTI and Sakshi Chand