TNN | Apr 09, 2012, 05.04AM IST
ANGUL: A man allegedly shot dead his wife for not bringing "enough" dowry, police said here on Sunday. Police is probing the incident in which the husband shot his wife dead with a mouser at point blank range on Saturday night at Talcher in Angul district.
Chuni Behera (22) of Hensamul village under Colliery police station in Talcher was reportedly married to Ratnakara Behera of Paranga village, under Nisha police station limits, a few years ago. She was staying with her husband in her father's house in Handidhuan area since the past few days.
Anusaya Behera, the deceased's younger sister said she heard a sound outside her room and when she came out she found her sister gunned down by her brother-in-law. The woman's father Kedara Behera alleged in his police complaint that Ratnakara had been harassing his daughter for dowry.
Police recovered the mouser used in the crime and a murder case was registered against the husband, who is absconding after the incident, said Colliery police station inspector Bhabani Shankara Udgata. The accused would be nabbed soon, he added. The incident came close on the heels of a man firing at his wife in Balasore last week. The woman is undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.
Link: Woman 'killed' for not bringing dowry
No comments:
Post a Comment