Uttar Pradesh: 22-year-old woman ‘murdered’ over dowry in Bijnor

BIJNOR: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her in-laws over dowry in Bijnor. The family of the woman has alleged that they got a call from her sister-in-law telling that she was unwell but by the time the family reached her house, she had already died and had injury marks on her neck. An FIR has been filed in the matter against five persons, including deceased’s husband and in laws.Police are probing the matter.
According to police, the deceased, Priti Prajapati, a resident of Khazurajat village under Nahtaur police station area got married to Sachin Prajapati nine months ago. It was arranged marriage. Sister-in-law of Priti called her father on Wednesday morning telling that Priti’s condition has deteriorated suddenly. She was ill.
Ghanshyam Prajapati, father of the deceased, rushed to his daughter’s house and found her dead. He alleged, “My daughter was strangulated to death by her husband, father in law Guddu Prajapati, mother-in-law Magandai, sisters-in-law Karuna and Rina. Husband of my daughter is a blusterer man. He often thrashed my daughter and forced her to take a bike and a cash of Rs 1.5 lakh as dowry. When she showed her inability to fulfill their demands, they murdered my daughter.”
On being asked about the matter, Dhampur station house officer, Arvind Mohan Sharma, said, “Police have registered a case against the accused and probe is on. Body of the deceased was sent to district hospital for postmortem. Prima facie it came to fore that Priti was murdered.”