MEERUT, Oct. 9 -- Moradabad Police on Wednesday (October 8) registered a first information report (FIR) against a man who allegedly stabbed his five-month wife in the stomach after she refused to bring Rs.2 lakh dowry from her parents' home.

The incident, which occurred at Abdulapur Leda village under Thakurdwara police station area of Moradabad on October 6, resulted in the death of the unborn child while the woman was undergoing treatment at a hospital and was stated to be critical, police said.

Moradabad superintendent of police (rural) Kunwar Akash Singh said based on the complaint, a case was registered against the accused husband Yashpal Singh, the victim's brother-in-law Shivraj Singh and father-in-law Antram Singh. "Raids are be...