Meerut, July 30 -- A woman was allegedly strangled by her husband and mother-in-law two weeks after she gave birth to her daughter, in Bijnor's Dhampur, police said on Tuesday. Both were now in police custody.

Police officials said Ruby Chouhan, 25, lived with her husband and in-laws in Gajraula. The in-laws were allegedly disappointed with her for giving birth to a girl and killed her on Saturday night, the officials suspected. On Monday, Ruby's body was hurriedly cremated without her parents' knowledge of her death.

Ruby's mother, Sumitra Devi from Najibabad, lodged a police complaint against her son-in-law Mukul Chouhan and his mother Sushila. She alleged that Mukul was an alcoholic who frequently abused Ruby. Their troubles worsened...