Woman, 23, found dead at home; FIR against in-laws
Ghaziabad, Feb. 18 -- A 23-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly found dead inside her house in Khoda on Sunday evening, police said, adding that a first information report (FIR) has been registered against her in-laws and her husband on charges of dowry death. The husband is currently on the run.
According to police, the woman was married for about two-and-half years and lived with her husband and a one-year-old daughter. At around 10pm on Sunday, neighbours heard the daughter crying in the house, when they saw the door was open and found the woman lying on the floor inside.
Police said they suspected she had died by hanging after a piece of cloth was found tied to the iron girder on the ceiling.
"A preliminary autopsy revealed that the woman died late on Saturday night. Police received information from neighbours around 10pm on Sunday after they heard the girl crying. She was clinging to the woman lying on the floor," Abhishek Srivastava, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) of the Indirapuram circle, told HT.
Neighbours also said the woman's husband was at home till Sunday evening, and fled afterwards, the ACP said.
"During initial investigation, it appeared that the husband of the deceased was with the body till Sunday evening. But he did not inform the police. We informed the woman's parents and an FIR was registered against her husband and nine in-laws for dowry death," the ACP added.
The FIR was registered on the basis of her father's complaint under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 85 (husband and his relatives subjecting married woman to cruelty), 80(2) (dowry death), and under provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
"My daughter was four months pregnant, and she lived with her husband and minor child in Khoda. She got married about two-and-half years ago, and her in-laws had been demanding to bring more dowry. They often used to beat her and harass her," the woman's father alleged in the FIR....
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