Husband Arrested, Three Others Booked in Alleged Dowry Death of 26-Year-Old Woman in Kapurthala
PHAGWARA: Police have arrested the husband of a 26-year-old woman who was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her matrimonial home in village Razapur near Kapurthala, while booking three other members of his family in an alleged dowry death case.
The accused have been identified as Hardeep Singh alias Jaggu alias Gagan (husband), Baljit Kaur (mother-in-law), Jasvir Kaur (sister-in-law) and Bachittar Singh (brother-in-law). Hardeep Singh has been arrested, while efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining accused.
The case was registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother, Balwinder Kaur, a resident of village Sarai Khas near Kartarpur. According to the FIR, her elder daughter, Simranjit Kaur, was married to Hardeep Singh on September 17, 2021. She alleged that despite spending beyond her means on the marriage, her daughter was repeatedly harassed and physically assaulted by her husband and his family over persistent demands for a car as dowry.
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The complainant further alleged that Simranjit, who is survived by her four-year-old daughter, had informed her on several occasions about the alleged dowry-related harassment. She claimed she had personally appealed to her daughter’s in-laws to stop the harassment, explaining that she was financially unable to fulfil their demand for a car.
According to the complaint, Hardeep Singh informed her over the phone on the evening of July 14 that Simranjit had died. When the family reached the mortuary at Mansurwal, they allegedly noticed marks around the victim’s neck, raising suspicion that she had been strangled.
Acting on the complaint, police registered an FIR against the four accused under Sections 80 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with the provisions relating to dowry death. Police said the allegations in the FIR are based on the complainant’s version and that the actual cause and circumstances of the woman’s death will be established during the ongoing investigation.
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