India, Nov. 20 -- Hundreds of villagers from Nayphal and other nearby areas staged a protest outside the Wave City police station along with the body of a 23-year-old pregnant woman who died by suicide at her father's house in Nayphal on Tuesday allegedly over dowry harassment and domestic violence.

Police said they have registered an FIR under BNS sections 85 (woman subjected to cruelty by husband or relatives), 80(2) (dowry death) and also under the provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act at Wave City police station on Wednesday.

The FIR named seven people, including the woman's husband, a civil engineer at a Delhi firm and resident of Dhaulana, Hapur district.

On Tuesday, the woman allegedly hanged herself. "She had been staying at ...