India, Sept. 4 -- Police in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district have booked a man and six members of his family after his wife accused them of dowry harassment and alleged that her husband eloped with another woman and secretly married her with his relatives' support.

Savita Pathak, a resident of Khajuri village, married Ranjit Tiwari on June 2 this year, PTI reported citing police officials.

In her complaint, the woman has alleged that soon after the wedding, her husband, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and two other relatives began harassing her for dowry.

The complainant further alleged that Ranjit developed relations with a woman from a village in Chhapia police station area and, on June 27, eloped with her.

She said that...