Harpreet Singh, a native of Gandhi Colony, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) alleged while talking to the media persons in Dehradun on Saturday that his sister lakhvinder Kaur had been burnt to death by her husband Gurmeet Singh, father–in–law Amarjeet Singh, mother–in–law Guddi, brother–in–law Tinku, maternal uncle–in–law Subhash and others on April 14, 2015. He demanded stringent action against all the accused. Notably, only the husband of the deceased has been arrested so far by police.
According to him, her sister was being harassed mentally and physically by her husband and in-laws over the past one year over the demand of Rs four lakh as dowry. She was torched and brought to Coronation Hospital, Dehradun where she died. Her postmortem examination was conducted in Dehradun.
Singh said that her sister, a five months’ pregnant, had been pursing M. Com. Deceased’s mother Sushila Kaur who was at the press meet demanded while crying inconsolably justice to her deceased daughter. “We want exemplary punishment to be meted out to all involved in the inhumane crime so as to ensure that no mother’s daughter dies this way,” she said. Others present were the deceased’s father Narendra Singh and a relative Daya Singh. State DGP BS Sidhu had earlier said on the matter that a case under Sections 323, 307, 506 and 498 of IPC had been registered in SIIDCUl police station and police were investigating the case seriously. “The husband has been sent to jail. Other accused would be arrested soon,” he had added.