Woman and her father beaten to death by in-laws' family over dowry

AGRA: A 24-year-old married girl and her father were brutally beaten to death by the girl’s in-laws and their family in UP's Etah on Saturday. According to police, the girl, Savitri Devi, along with her father Rakshpal Gupta (70), had gone to her husband’s house to try resolve the ongoing dowry dispute between the families.
Police said Savitri had been staying with her parents in Sarai Aghat ever since she left her husband’s house after a dispute over dowry.Yesterday, they had gone there for a compromise, but things turned sour and her in-laws along with their family members attacked them with a hammer and strangulated them. The incident occurred around 2am, said police.
According to a complaint filed by Savitri’s brother, Rahul Gupta, his sister had got married three years ago and since then her in-laws and husband were torturing her physically and mentally for not arranging dowry, which included cash of Rs 5 lakh and a motorcycle. Rahul said that this matter was reported in a local panchayat too, but they were not ready to resolve the issue.
An FIR has been registered against nine persons under sections 498-A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 304-B (Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage), 302 (murder) of IPC and section 3 and 4 of Dowry Act.
Three of them including the woman’s mother-in-law Maina Devi, father-in-law Girish Chand and her husband’s uncle Bhagwan Das were arrested from the spot. However, the woman’s husband Paras Gupta and others are still absconding. Police have recovered the rope and the hammer used by the accused for committing the crime.
SSP Swapnil Mamgain said that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and search is on to nab the other accused.