• A man places a garland over the portrait of the three married sisters, who were all found dead in a well on May 28 in India's Rajasthan state. Before the three sisters and their children were found, they left a message blaming the family they had married into. Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters. | AFP-JIJI
    A man places a garland over the portrait of the three married sisters, who were all found dead in a well on May 28 in India's Rajasthan state. Before the three sisters and their children were found, they left a message blaming the family they had married into. Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters. | AFP-JIJI

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Jaipur, India – Before the three sisters and their children were found dead in a well, they left a message blaming the family they had married into.

Kalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters.

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