Household Calls for Rs 20 Lakh “Price Of The Groom” From Lady’s Father: Cops

Thane:

A legal offence has been registered towards a 36-year-old man and his mother and father for allegedly harassing the daughter-in-law over the unfulfilled dowry demand of Rs 20 lakh in Navi Mumbai, police stated on Tuesday.

As per the FIR, earlier than finalising the wedding, the household of the accused had demanded Rs 20 lakh in direction of the “value of the groom” from the sufferer’s father.

The accused trio and the sufferer girl hail from Bihar however are presently residing in CBD Belapur node of Mumbai’s satellite tv for pc metropolis. No arrest is made to date.

“The sufferer girl (34) was crushed up ceaselessly by her husband and subjected to cruelty throughout November 2017-August 2023 after she didn’t pay Rs 20 lakh promised by her father whereas finalising the wedding,” a police official stated.

The FIR acknowledged that the girl’s father had given gold ornaments and varied digital devices to the groom.

Police have charged the husband, recognized as Anand Ranjan, and his mother and father beneath sections 498A (Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a lady, topics such girl to cruelty), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily inflicting damage), and 504 (· Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code, the official added.

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