Police book man for dowry death of wife

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Jehangirabad police booked a man for a dowry death of his 22-year-old wife who committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at her house at Barkhedi on June 16; police found that the deceased was harassed by her husband, two brother-in-laws and one sister-in-law.

According to the police, the deceased, Hetal Baagri was found hanging and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead.

In the initial investigation, police found that the deceased committed suicide after been harassed by family members of husband.

During the investigation, police have reason behind the suicide that she was harassed for dowry by her husband. Initially, after the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered by the police.

Later in the investigation, police found that the deceased was harassed by her husband Kamlesh, brother-in-laws Nitish and Rahul and sister-in-law Kiran  demanding dowry from Hetal.

Family members alleged harassment of Hetal by family of her husband. The police registered a case of abetment to commit suicide and husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.

Police found that the accused demanded money after which her parents provided but they continued to harass her demanding for more.

She later refused to ask for more money from her parents and committed suicide.

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