TNN | Oct 29, 2011, 01.47PM IST
HYDERABAD: Following a complaint lodged by a woman on Friday, her husband and father-in-law were arrested by sleuths of Women Police Station, South Zone, and booked for demanding additionaldowry of Rs three lakh.
Police said that Priyanka, a resident of Gowlipura, lodged a complaint against her husband, Srikanth and father-in-law Narsing Rao, both employees of a vernacular media organization, for demanding the additional dowry. According to the police, the couple got married in 2003 and have a one-year-old daughter. The relation between the couple got strained over time following alleged demands for money.
The accused, who are residents of Chaitanyapuri, at the time of marriage, reportedly took Rs three lakh dowry and 10 tola gold. "Priyanka had earlier too lodged a similar complaint of dowry harassment. But last time around, we counselled the two accused. This time however, we arrested the two and sent them to judicial custody,'' South Zone Women Police Station inspector A Madhavi Latha said.
The accused were arrested under Section 498 A (dowry harassment) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Link: Dowry ‘demand’ lands two in jail
Police said that Priyanka, a resident of Gowlipura, lodged a complaint against her husband, Srikanth and father-in-law Narsing Rao, both employees of a vernacular media organization, for demanding the additional dowry. According to the police, the couple got married in 2003 and have a one-year-old daughter. The relation between the couple got strained over time following alleged demands for money.
The accused, who are residents of Chaitanyapuri, at the time of marriage, reportedly took Rs three lakh dowry and 10 tola gold. "Priyanka had earlier too lodged a similar complaint of dowry harassment. But last time around, we counselled the two accused. This time however, we arrested the two and sent them to judicial custody,'' South Zone Women Police Station inspector A Madhavi Latha said.
The accused were arrested under Section 498 A (dowry harassment) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Link: Dowry ‘demand’ lands two in jail
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