A newly-wed woman, who was allegedly burnt at Nirsa at Dhanbad district on December 23, died at PMCH Dhanbad on Wednesday. Another woman who was allegedly poisoned by her in-laws is struggling for life at the hospital (PMCH).
Four months ago Rokya Praveen (19) married with Jahid Mansoori a resident of Ansasr Nagar at Nirsa, was allegedly burnt alive by her husband and in-laws on 23 December later she was admitted at PMCH with 75 per cent burn injuries, police said.
“She died on 3 January”, police added.
“Rokya was a resident of Jaridih Bazar, Bermo in Bokaro district. An FIR has been registered at the local police station and we are investigating into the matter,” said Officer in Charge of Nirsa police station.
According to the FIR, Gulshan Aara (the mother of the deceased) alleged that her daughter got married in August last year and we have given cash as well as goods to the groom according to our capacity. “But after few days of the marriage, her husband and in-laws were started harassing my daughter for the dowry of Rs 1 lakh cash and a washing machine. As it was beyond our capacity so we have denied and later they killed my daughter,” she alleged.Meanwhile, laxmi Devi (23) a resident of Ratnapur under Nirsa block was allegedly poisoned by her in-laws over dowry, struggling for life at PMCH.
In her statement to the police, laxmi alleged that she was poisoned by her husband and in-laws over dowry.