Dr. Shahana, a postgraduate surgery student at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, recently took her own life because of her family's inability to fulfill purportedly excessive dowry requests made by Ruvais .
Kerala Dowry Case: Jasim Nas did not want her sister Shahana to marry into a family that demanded dowry. But the 26-year-old doctor was certain that she had chosen a "good man". Jasim had agreed to support the match, only for his sister's happiness.