India News | Man Held for Driving Wife to Suicide over Dowry
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 33-year-old man was arrested from Diva in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly driving his 26-year-old wife to commit suicide due to dowry harassment, police said on Sunday.
Thane, Aug 15 (PTI) A 33-year-old man was arrested from Diva in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly driving his 26-year-old wife to commit suicide due to dowry harassment, police said on Sunday.
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The accused, Satendra Omprakash Singh, was arrested on Saturday, two days after his wife Aanchal allegedly hanged herself at their house, an official said.
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Singh was harassing his wife since they got married in 2019. Recently, he demanded more money from her parents to purchase a house, the official said quoting the FIR lodged by the victim's father.
Singh was booked on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, he said.
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