A 23-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her in-laws for dowry at Gandarpur village under the Nandankanan police station, on the city outskirts on Sunday.
Later, police detained her in-laws for interrogation.
Sources said one Rashmirekha of Guruthenga village had married to one Asish Padhiary of Gokanpur area around one and an half years ago. The couple has a four-month-old daughter.
As per a complaint lodged by Rashmirekha’s father Gurucharan Jena, Rashmirekha’s husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law killed her and later set her body on fire over dowry.
Meanwhile, the Nandankanan police seized the body and sent it for post-mortem. Rashmirekha’s husband is absconding after the incident, sources said.\