Thursday, January 6, 2011

Woman burnt alive for dowry

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 7 (PTI) A woman was allegedly burnt alive by her husband and in-laws over dowry at Janipur village here in the district, police said today.

Shushma, who was married a year back, was burnt by her husband Pankaj and her in-laws yesterday. She was later rushed to a hospital where she was declared dead.

A complaint was filed yesterday by the victim's mother Ram Dayee alleging that her son-in-law Pankaj and his family members had been demanding dowry.

The body of the victim has been sent for postmortem, police said.

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