A case of harassment of demanding dowry of Rs25 lakh was registered with the mahila police station on Saturday. The case was registered on the complaint of a 38-year old married woman of Bairagarh.
According to police the victim Pushpa Tekwani who is a resident of One Tree Hills in Bairagarh lodged a complaint against her husband Manish Tekwani regarding harassment after she refused to accede to their demands to bring Rs 25 lakh from her parents.
In her complaint victim has stated that she got married around 14 years ago with Manish who is a businessman. Her husband frequently visits Dubai for business dealings while her father-in-law who was posted in Neemuch got retired recently.
She claimed that her husband along with his father decided to start a new business and asked her to bring Rs25 lakh from her parents but when he refused to bring the money her husband and father-in-law started to harass her and she had also claimed that her husband had physically assaulted her. Based on the complaint and after preliminary investigation a case was registered under section 498 (A) and section 3 and 4 of Dowry Act against the victim’s husband.
Police said that the victim’s husband and father-in-law would be questioned. Parents of the victim have claimed that the victim used to remain depress over the torture by her husband and in-laws. Till the filing of the case no arrest were made by the police in the case and investigation into the matter has been started.