In Lucknow, a man was arrested for allegedly strangling his wife to death over dowry demands. The incident was discovered when neighbors informed the victim’s parents.
The deceased woman’s mother has filed a dowry death case against six people, including the husband, alleging that her daughter was murdered when their demand for a car and a house as dowry was not met. The postmortem report confirmed death by strangulation. The accused husband, married to the victim for one and a half years, was arrested. The couple had a four-month-old child. The woman’s family alleges harassment over dowry since the marriage.