Saturday, May 19, 2012

May 19, 2012: Woman stabs husband over dowry demand

TNN | May 19, 2012, 01.12AM IST
BHOPAL: In a bizarre incident, a woman stabbed her husband in the city on Thursday evening. The two have been reportedly fighting over dowry demand from the time they were married. The police have arrested the husband and sent him to jail and the woman, accused of stabbing her husband, is at large. 

The police said the woman, Ruhi, filed a case of dowry harassment against her husband Arshad, a day earlier. The two again scuffled probably over the same issue in the evening and Ruhistabbed him on chest with a knife .He sustained minor injuries. 

Subsequently, Arshad came to the Tila Jamalpura police station and filed a case against his wife. The police said Arshad was later arrested in the dowry harassment case and sent to jail. His wife, Ruhi, who has been booked on charges of stabbing, has yet to be taken into custody. 

The couple is a resident of Putlighar area of the old city. They got married around three years back and also have a kid. Arshad is a medical representative, the police said, adding that his wife has accused him of demanding dowry. 

In her complaint, she reportedly stated that she and her family were being pressured for the dowry and they had given money to him and his three sisters, who live nearby, on many occasions in the past. The police said the woman, who had an argument with her husband, stabbed him with a knife in a fit of rage. The stabbing injury was not serious, the police added.
Link: Woman stabs husband over dowry demand

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