The Tribune, January 3, 2005

Husband, in-laws booked for demanding dowry
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, January 2
The Rai police today registered a case of dowry harassment against a youth, Jatinder, and four other members of his family, including his father and mother, on the complaint lodged by Jatinder’s wife, Anuj, who alleged that they tried to kill her by giving her poison. According to a report, the investigations were in progress but no arrest has been made so far. Anuj was still undergoing treatment at the local civil hospital after being admitted there by her father Mr Ved Singh Dahiya, a resident of the West Ram Nagar area of this city.

Mr Dahiya said his daughter married Jatinder of Nai Basodi village about seven years ago. After sometime Jatinder and other members of his family started harassing her for not bringing sufficient dowry. She was physically abused by them many times. She left her inlaws house and stayed with her parents. When she returned to her inlaws house they again started harassing her for more dowry. Tormented she again went back to her parents house. But she was sent back after a compromise was reached between both the families. Mr Dahiya said he received a phone call last evening from Nai Basodi informing him that his daughter had been given poison in a bid to kill her by her husband and inlaws. He immediately rushed to the village and found his daughter in the state of unconsciousness. He immediately took her to Sonepat and admitted her to the civil hospital. After gaining consciousness she gave her statement to the police. Thereupon, the police registered the case against her husband and inlaws.