Police arrested Nair's husband, Kiran Kumar, under India's dowry death law. "There is nothing on record to show that this gentleman either committed a murder or a dowry death," he said. "There is nothing on record to show that this gentleman either committed a murder or a dowry death. Shahida Kamal, a member of the Kerala Women's Commission, describes this as a "loophole" in the 1961 Dowry Prohibition Act. Days after Nair's death, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took to Twitter to condemn the practice of dowry.

Source: CNN August 01, 2021 00:04 UTC