In yet another dowry torture case, a local woman lawyer has sought justice from the police levelling serious charges against her in-laws here. She has lodged a complaint with Dhusuri police station.
In her complaint, lawyer Pragyan Paramita Dash has mentioned that she had married Sambhu Nath Panda of Khaparapada under the Dhusuri police station in the district on February 6, 2011. Her father had paid `1,30,000 in cash to the in-laws family as per their demands. However, the in-laws asked her to bring `two lakh more from her parents in the same month of the marriage, she alleged.
Pragyan intimated her father Surendra Nath Das of Dhamnagar about her in-law’s fresh demands. Her father conveyed his inability for the same.
She alleged, her husband Sambhunath, brothers-in-law Debabrata and Siba Brata, father-in-law Karunakar Panda, mother-in-law Kalpana and sister-in-law Sebashree (Jali) have been assaulting her every now and then for last two years. She has been locked and tortured jointly be them several times, she mentioned in the complaint.
Pragyan further alleged that the in-laws have taken away her gold and silver ornaments she had brought from her parents at the time of marriage.
lastly on December 16, Pragyan said her all in-laws attempted to pour kerosene on and set ablaze her. But luckily she could manage to escape with her minor daughter and moved to her parent’s house, she said.Pragyan has also urged the Bhadrak SP to conduct an investigation into the matter and punish the culprits. The in-laws are on the run.