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Indian Embassy in New York has expressed grief over the death of Mandeep Kaur in Queens and said it is in touch with US authorities at all levels over the incident and will render all kinds of assistance required.

   

This comes as a 30-year-old Indian-origin woman Mandeep Kaur, who went to New York after marriage was tortured by her husband allegedly for not bearing a son till she ended her life which left millions shocked in India and abroad.

Kaur ended her life by hanging, but not before releasing a heart-rending video narrating the excruciatingly painful details of the torture she faced at the hands of her husband Ranjotveer Singh Sandhu following which a massive storm took over social media.

   

Many questioned why Sandhu was still allowed to keep the couple's minor daughters while the Uttar Pradesh Police registered a case of abetment to suicide and domestic violence against her husband and in-laws.

   

American authorities have also begun an independent probe. Speaking to ANI, the victim's sister Kuldeep Kaur divulged the horrific details of what Mandeep went through on a daily basis from the day she was married. "My sister was married in February 2015. Soon, they went to New York and he started torturing her. He wanted a son and Rs 50 lakh in dowry," said Kuldeep Kaur.

 

Mandeep Kaur's in-laws live in Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. An FIR has been registered at the Najibabad Police Station of Bijnor against the husband and her in-laws. A case has been registered in Najibabad Police Station of Bijnor District on August 5 at 6:33 pm under sections 306 (Abetment of suicide), 498-A (Domestic violence), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement) and Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, a police official said.

   

Mandeep Kaur's father, Jaspal Singh alleged in the FIR that Mukhtar Singh, father of Ranjotveer Singh Sandhu, Kuldeep Raj Kaur, mother of Ranjotveer Singh Sandhu and Jasveer Singh, brother of Ranjotveer Singh Sandhu, are responsible for her suicide.

   

Mandeep Kaur allegedly faced domestic abuse from her husband Ranjotveer Singh Sandhu for almost eight years. Another video also went viral on the net which purportedly showed the victim being beaten up. She is survived by her two daughters, aged four and six, whose custody currently is with Sandhu. They are in Richmond Hill in New York. 

   

Social media platforms went berserk after the incident was reported. Many users questioned why the two daughters still with him (Sandhu)? Why is he currently allowed to plan Mandeep's funeral, others questioned.

   

 According to Instagram page @TheKaurMovement, the New York Police Department is investigating the case as a homicide rather than a case of suicide.

   

"So sad! parents should understand a divorced daughter is better than a dead daughter. let her leave a toxic relationship. dnt force em to stay," tweeted another user.

   

In one of the videos posted by the user, Mandeep is heard narrating her daily ordeal. She said that she tried her best for 8 years and that one day everything would be fine. She charged her husband with extra-marital affairs and daily beatings in an inebriated state. All through the video, she was seen sobbing and saying how she couldn't take being abused anymore right before she committed suicide.

   

Tired of her husband's harassment, Mandeep made a video narrating her painful existence. Shortly after the video went viral on social media, she was found hanging by the fan of the house in New York where she lived. The family members of the deceased in Bijnore now painfully remember their daughter after seeing pictures in her ill-fated wedding album.