Jehangirabad police have booked three persons including two women for setting afire a 20-year-old married woman demanding dowry at Om Nagar. Woman’s husband and his two family members tried to kill victim, a case was registered on Tuesday after victim lodged complaint.
Police said that the victim Manju Malviya was harassed by her husband Gopal Malviya, his mother Meera and his sister Kajal and was set ablaze on October 24 last month. They used to demand dowry and after the victim failed to provide dowry she was harassed physically and mentally by her husband and family members of her husband.
The victim claimed that Gopal, Meera and Kajal used to harass her demanding dowry and on October 26 she was set ablaze after pouring kerosene oil in which sustained severe injuries and was rushed to Hamidia hospital where she was treated for burn injuries and later after she got discharged from the hospital she reached her parents and on Tuesday she lodged complaint with the police.
The victim was married to the accused husband on June 25, 2019 and within few days after the marriage the accused started to harass the victim and gradually they intensified the harassment after she used to oppose them but the atrocity continued.
The police have registered a case under sections 498 A, and 307 IPC and started further investigation.
After the accused found that case was registered against them they went absconding and are still at large.