20210707 Dowry: Woman sets herself on fire, dies
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Dowry: Woman sets herself on fire, dies
Updated: 2021-07-07
Ludhiana: Harassed for dowry, a woman set herself on fire at her house in Majra village, Sahnewal, on Monday night. She was taken to a hospital, where she succumbed on Tuesday morning.
Mandeep Kaur had got married to Balram Singh, a doctor, two-and-a-half years ago. The couple have a 1.5 years old daughter.
Her father, Shinderpal Singh, a resident of Samrala, said, “Soon after the marriage, the accused started harassing Mandeep for dowry. They would often thrash her too. Several times, the matter was taken up with the panchayat, but every time it ended with a compromise.”
On Monday around 10.30pm, he received a call from Mandeep’s father-in-law Chand Singh that Mandeep had set herself on fire. “She was taken to civil hospital from where she was referred to a private hospital. She died early on Tuesday morning,” he added.
Sahnewal police station SHO sub-inspector Balwinder Singh said a case has been registered under sections 304-B (dowry death) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC against her husband Balram Singh, father-in-law Chand Singh, mother-in-law Rajwant Kaur, sister-in-law Rajwinder Kaur and Rajwinder’s husband Kulveer Singh.”
Web Source: The Times of India