A woman was allegedly killed by her in-laws over dowry demand at Kantiokatani village under the Tumusingha police limits in Dhenkanal district on Thursday.
As per a police complaint lodged by the deceased woman’s father Kailash Majhi, he was informed in the morning by his daughter’s in-laws that her condition was being critical.
On reaching the spot, he was told that his daughter committed suicide by hanging herself. Suspecting foul play, he lodged the FIR alleging that his daughter’s in-laws have murdered her demanding dowry.
Terming it as a case of dowry death instead of suicide, Majhi further alleged that his daughter was being tortured by her in-laws regularly over dowry demand.
Police registered a case under Sections 498 A, 303 B and 34 of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The woman’s body was sent for postmortem and investigation was underway.