Neerja Bhanot, the flight attendant who lost her life while saving passengers on the hijacked Pan Am Flight on September 5, 1986, was harassed by her ex-husband for dowry. Neerja's brother Aneesh revealed in a memoir that her ex-husband told her, "If you can't cook, don't eat." The man, described as "scum" by Aneesh, ended their marriage through the letter.