PREGNANT WOMAN STRANGULATED TO DEATH FOR DOWRY
One married woman and pregnant of eight month was strangulated to death merely of some dowry at Patriha village under Sahar police station in Bhojpur district.
PREGNANT WOMAN STRANGULATED TO DEATH FOR DOWRY
21-JAN-ENG 3
RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL
ARA----------------------------One married woman and pregnant of eight month was strangulated to death merely of some dowry at Patriha village under Sahar police station in Bhojpur district. The deceased was identified as Ranju Devi wife of Lav Ram of Patriha village. Later the police recovered the body and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem. A named FIR was lodged with the police under Sahar police station against the father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased in this regard on the statement of the father of the deceased Harendra Ram of Bajitpur village. Police are investigating the matter.
SHO Saahr police station Shivendra Kumar said that Ranju Devi 24 daughter of Harendra Ram of Bajitpur in Patna district was married to Lav Ram son of Surendra Ram of Patriha village under Sahar police station in Bhojpur district in the year 2020. Lav Kumar had gone to eke out livelihood to other state. Since the marriage, the in-laws tortured her mentally and physically for more dowry and when their demand was fulfilled, they strangulated her to death and hung her body to the ceiling fan of the house to give colour of suicide.
Villagers said that Lav Kumar was married earlier at Dhanchhua village under Chauri police station in Bhojpur district but he had divorced her. After that he was married to Ranju Devi in the year 2020. Ranju Devi was eight month pregnant when she was killed.
SHO further said that after institution of FIR by the father of the deceased, police are investigating the matter and hoped that the matter will be sort out very soon.
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