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Woman battles for life after being set on fire by in-laws (India)
source A young woman, battling for life after sustaining severe burn injuries, has charged her in-laws with setting her on fire for failing to meet their dowry demands. On a statement given to the Haryana Police by Poonam Yadav (25) at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, the Rewari district police has registered a case of […]
In-laws held for ‘dowry death’ (India)
July 27, 2012
Source: The Times of India HANE: The Shreenagar police on Thursday arrested the mother-in-law, sister-in-law and two other relatives of a 20-year-old woman who died after being allegedly set ablaze by them and her husband at their Wagle Estate home last week. The husband, Bhausaheb Gulab Bhalerao, is undergoing treatment for his burns, which he […]
Another dowry death in Terai as husband kills wife for not bringing motorcycle in dowry (India)
July 24, 2012
A 22-year-old Indian bride from Bara district in the terai was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and in-laws after she failed to meet their dowry demands. The victim Binti Saha was allegedly beaten by her husband Santosh Saha, father-in-law Shiva Lal and mother-in-law in their house at Bishrampur-3, Musharwa, on Saturday for not […]
Man burns wife, two children alive over dowry (India)
July 24, 2012
Source An alcoholic man burnt alive his two little children and wife after dousing them with kerosene. The incident happened on Monday in Chikkamallapura village in Hanur, Kollegal taluk. Mahadevaswamy married Sangeetha four years back and they had two children Madan, 2, and Mahendra, 1.He started drinking recently and used to pick up fights with […]
Man kills wife, 2 kids (India)
July 22, 2012
A man allegedly killed his wife and two children, by setting them on fire at Chikkamalapur village in Kollegal taluk on Sunday. His mother allegedly helped him in the crime. The deceased have been identified as Sangeetha (30) and her sons Madan (2) and Mahendra (1). According to the police, Recha alias Mahadevaswamy had married […]
Dowry death? Pregnant woman found hanging
July 20, 2012
A five-month pregnant woman was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her in-laws’ home in north Delhi’s Aryapura early on Thursday. The discovery prompted the talk of yet another dowry-driven death in the Capital. The family of the 24-year-old woman, Dipika, have alleged that her husband and in-laws killed her because their demands for […]
7 years’ jail for 3 accused of dowry death
July 14, 2012
CHENNAI: Almost six years after a housewife, Kalpana, committed suicidefollowing persistent harassment over dowry, a mahila court has awarded seven year jail term to her husband and parents-in-law. Kalpana married M Shakthi in February 2006. At the time of the marriage, her parents gave 10 sovereigns of gold jewellery to the groom’s family. After the […]
Man, mother convicted for dowry death
July 12, 2012
KANPUR: A man and his mother were convicted by the additional district and session judge XVIIIth of Kanpur nagar, Gyanesh Kumar, for dowry death. He punished them for 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 3,000 each. They were identified as Arun Kumar and Dhanno Devi, both residents of Cantonment area […]
College Lecturer commits suicide, family accuses in-laws of Dowry demands
July 12, 2012
June 12, 2012 By Kritika Singhvi A woman committed suicide on Monday in her house allegedly due to dowry harassment. Preeti w/o Deepak Bharti, a resident of Nathi Ghat, Brahm Pol hung herself at her home on Monday at 6am. She was an MBA and worked as a lecturer at Maharaja College. Her family residing […]
Woman killed for dowry
July 8, 2012
Jul 8, 2012 GARHWA: Twenty-two year old Sarita Devi was killed by her in-laws allegedly for dowry in Chataniya Village under Kandi police station area of the district, police said on Saturday. Sarita, wife of Vimlesh Yadav was strangled to death by her in-laws. Her body was set on fire in a nearby forest to […]
Woman is the Nigger of the World 
July 31, 2012
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