A 22-year-old pregnant woman, who was set ablaze by her husband and in-laws on December 31 in TT Nagar area, succumbed to death, late night on Friday at Hamidia Hospital.
According to police, the victim Preeti, was admitted with serious burns on December 31 at Hamidia Hospital after she was set ablaze by her in-laws and husband when the victim failed to meet their demands of dowry. In the investigation it was found that the victim was harassed demanding dowry of Rs 1 lakh.
The police registered a case under Section 307 of IPC and started the investigation and in her dying statement the victim has claimed that her husband Dharmendra and in-laws, Sita and Kallu, used to harass her demanding dowry for the past two years. Initially the attitude of the family was good but after a few days they started to harass her demanding dowry and on December 31 they set her ablaze. After hearing her cries, neighbours came to her rescue and took her to the hospital.
After the death of the victim, police have registered a case under Section 302 of IPC. The incident took place at Banganga area of TT Nagar locality. The accused were arrested after the incident but they denied any involvement claiming it was an accident but the truth was revealed after her statement was recorded by the judicial magistrate.
Victim got married to Dharmendra two years ago, had a child from the marriage and was now three months pregnant with her second child.