FOUR MONTH PREGNANAT WOMAN KILLED FOR DOWRY IN BHOJPUR VILLAGE

FOUR MONTH PREGNANAT WOMAN KILLED FOR DOWRY IN BHOJPUR VILLAGE

14-JULY-ENG 6

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA---------------------------A four month pregnant woman was beaten to death at Semrao village under Charpokhari police station in Bhojpur district merely for a gold chain and a motorcycle. Later the police recovered the body and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem. The deceased was identified as Anita Kumari 20 wife of Ravindra Kumar alias Dabloo of Semrao village under Charpokhari police station.

Sanjay Singh of Bankat village under Gadhani police station and father of the deceased said that he married his daughter Anita Devi with Ravindra Singh alias Dabloo Raj Kumar Yadav of Semarao village under Charpokhari police station in May 17, 2023 and had given a lot of articles including a Splendor motorcycle at the time of marriage besides cash. After four months of marriage husband and mother-in-law demanded an Apache motorcycle and a gold chain and started thrashing her frequently though she was four month pregnant. Sanjay Singh said that he had promised to give the Apache motorcycle and a gold chain after harvesting of crops but in the meantime, her husband and mother-in-law thrashed her to death. On the information of villagers he along with his family members rushed to Semrao village where they found Anita Devi dead and her in-laws were absconding. He at once informed the police. Later the police arrived at the spot and recovered the body and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem. A named FIR has been lodged with the police under Charpokhari police station in this regard against the in-laws and the husband of the deceased. Police are investigating the matter and also conducting raids to arrest the named accused.