{
  "id": 2927094,
  "title": "Mumbai Dowry Harassment Cases Rise 5.7% In 2026, Even As Dowry Deaths & Suicides Decline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/mumbai-dowry-harassment-cases-rise-5-7-in-2026-even-as-dowry-deaths",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T02:28:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-dowry-harassment-cases-rise-57-in-2026-even-as-dowry-deaths-suicides-decline"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai police data reveals a 5.7% increase in the number of dowry harassment cases involving married women in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. In total, 260 dowry-related harassment cases were registered by June 30, 2026, up from 246 in the first half of 2025. This represents a rise of 14 cases. Of the 260 cases registered in 2026, 16 remain unsolved. The data also shows a decline in dowry deaths and suicides linked to such harassment. Only one dowry death was registered in the first half of 2026, down from three in the same period of 2025. Similarly, there were three dowry-related suicide cases in 2026, compared to five in the first half of 2025. Additionally, other forms of harassment against married women, such as harassment not related to dowry, also declined. Harassment cases of this nature dropped from 253 in the first half of 2025 to 227 in 2026, with 32 cases remaining unsolved. There have been no murders of married women attributed to dowry in Mumbai during the first half of either 2025 or 2026.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Cases of married women allegedly subjected to physical and mental harassment over dowry rose 5.7% in Mumbai in the first half of 2026, even as dowry deaths and suicides linked to such harassment declined, according to Mumbai police data. Police registered 260 dowry-related harassment cases up to June 30 this year, against 246 in the same period in 2025, an increase of 14 cases. Of this…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}