Five members of a family were booked for allegedly harassing their daughter-in-law who had committed suicide by hanging on December 26 at Arif Nagar here over dowry.
Earlier, father of the deceased woman, identified as Zeba Khan, had alleged that his son-in-law identified as Owais and his family used to harass his daughter over dowry and demanded Rs1.5. lakh. Based on the complaint police have booked five members of the family including husband of deceased. On December 26, 2014, Zeba Khan had committed suicide by hanging with the ceiling at her in laws house in Arif Nagar. She was rushed to lBS hospital where she was declared dead. And as soon as the doctors pronounced her dead the family members of Owais returned leaving the body at the hospital later the hospital staff informed the police and further investigation was started.
On the day of the incident, deceased’s father Nafasat went to meet her daughter and she pleaded to help her as the family members used to torture her for dowry and requested him to take her with one and half year son Zen along with him. Zeba’s father Nafasat had alleged that since her marriage Zeba’s husband Owais and his family members used to harass her over dowry and recently started to demand dowry of Rs 1.5 lakh even after he had provided Rs 30,000 few days ago.
Police registered a case under section 304B of IPC against five accused- Owais, Taranum, Anam, Parvez and Parveen. Before the police could arrest the accused they escaped the city as when the police reached the residence it was found locked.