Akanksha Malhotra, a computer science teacher working Apeejay School , Jalandhar, Punjab  committed suicide by jumping into the Upper Bari Doab Canal near Pathankot  on 17th August 2012  after leaving a suicide note saying she was being harassed by her in-laws for dowry.  Her husband Pujan Malhotra, a lawyer, has been arrested. How ever three absconding accused - father in-law, Sudhir Malhotra, mother in-law, Renu Malhotra and sister in-law, Kanika Malhotra , although taken to custody were freed by the cops and are absonding.