India News | Woman Beaten to Death for Dowry in UP's Bulandhshahr: Police
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Six people were booked after a woman, who was allegedly beaten for dowry by her in-laws, died at a hospital here, police said on Monday.
Bulandshahr (UP), Jul 13 (PTI) Six people were booked after a woman, who was allegedly beaten for dowry by her in-laws, died at a hospital here, police said on Monday.
The victim, identified as Suvi, had got married in August last year and was six months pregnant, they said.
According to her brother, Sumeru, she was being harassed for a car in dowry by her husband Chand and his family members.
Suvi's parents are residents of Ghaziabad and her husband's house is in Bulandshahr's Kakod town, police said.
On Friday, Suvi was allegedly thrashed by her in-laws and later she was admitted to a hospital here as her condition deteriorated, they said.
When Suvi's parents reached the hospital, her in-laws allegedly misbehaved with them and on Saturday night she breathed her last, police said.
A case has been registered against six people, including Suvi's husband, and the body has been sent for post-mortem, police said.
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