A video made before the suicide of a Muslim girl who has been exploited by her husband and in-laws for three consecutive years for bringing low dowry in the Indian state of Gujarat has caused a stir in India.
According to the Times of India, the video of 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan who committed suicide by jumping into the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, went viral on social media.
Ayesha Arif Khan ended her life a few days ago after being exploited by her husband and in-laws, but she made a video on her mobile phone before jumping into the river, which later went viral on social media. ۔
In the video, which is less than two and a half minutes long, Ayesha Arif Khan is seen introducing herself with a smile while she can be seen wearing a burqa.
At the beginning of the video, Ayesha Khan was seen talking about the shortening of life and the problems that befell her after saying hello.
In the video, she named her husband without naming her parents and said that because she loves Arif, her husband, one-sidedly and she does not want to upset him, she is going to end her life.
In the video, Ayesha gives a message to her father about how long he will fight with his family and why?
23 year old Ayesha releases this Video before Jumping in the #SabarmatiRiver #Ahmedabad! Just listen to this poignant misery of ill treatment at the hands of the In-Laws and a Ruthless Husband! Are We even Humans? When millions of Women are treated in such Tragic Fashion! pic.twitter.com/sPQf9za7Pp
— zafar sareshwala (@zafarsareshwala) February 28, 2021
Although Ayesha Arif Khan is seen in the video talking about the problems she is facing, she does not say that her in-laws and husband keep torturing or exploiting her to reduce her dowry.
However, she says in the video that she is fed up with problems, she now wants to be free and fly in the air and God had written her life so much and now she will go and meet God.
At the same time, Ayesha Arif Khan appealed to the parents to keep praying for them, because they do not know whether they will go to heaven or not.
In this regard, the Times of India reported that Ayesha Arif Khan ended her life by jumping into the Sabarmati River passing through Ahmedabad on February 25.
The report said that after Ayesha Arif Khan jumped, rescue personnel searched for her for a few hours but she was dead by then.
Later, on the complaint of Ayesha Arif Khan's parents, the police filed a case against the husband of the woman who committed suicide under the provisions of suicide and started investigation into the matter.
In this regard, The Indian Express reported that Ayesha Bano Makrani married Arif Khan in July 2018, after which she moved to Gujarat from her parents' home in Rajasthan.
The report quoted Ayesha Bano Makrani's father as saying that a few months after the marriage, Arif Khan had sent his daughter back home in December 2018 and demanded a dowry from her.
Ayesha's father claimed that after some sort of reconciliation, he sent his daughter to her husband's house but then he sent her back home in 2019 and again demanded dowry.
According to the father of the girl who committed suicide, at that time he sent his daughter back to her husband for Rs 1.5 lakh but then in March 2020 he sent Ayesha home demanding dowry.
According to Ayesha's father, after March 2020, her daughter also filed cases against her husband under provisions such as domestic violence and later she started working in a private bank to become independent, but her problems did not go away. ۔
Even before committing suicide, Ayesha was at her job, but she ended her life by jumping into the Sabarmati River after leaving the bank early in the evening.
After the video made by Ayesha Arif Khan before committing suicide came to light, people were seen demanding strict action against her husband.
