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DOWRY HARASSMENT NEWS

Ghaziabad woman dies after consuming acid, family allege dowry harassment

November 03, 2025 3:03 am

The ACP added that, based on the family’s allegations, the police will now modify the FIR to include relevant dowry and abetment charges

IPS officer, family booked for dowry harassment of his Noida-based doctor wife

October 18, 2025 3:55 am

Complainant alleged the officer, posted with State Crime Record Bureau in Bengaluru, harassing her since marriage

Nikki Bhati case: To fight dowry, we must acknowledge it first

August 27, 2025 2:40 pm

Update the history books. Don’t talk of dowry like it’s an evil from our past that we successfully eradicated

Woman found dead in Delhi's Dwarka, kin allege in-laws harassed for dowry

August 25, 2025 2:55 am

The FIR also states that the woman’s father was informed by her father-in-law about the incident. He subsequently reached their house and found his daughter “lying dead on the bed”

'Beat her so hard she fainted... set her on fire': Woman killed by husband over 'dowry' demands in Greater Noida

August 24, 2025 12:48 pm

The FIR is based on a complaint filed by Nikki's sister Kanchan, who is married to Rohit, police said

‘Abuse of process of law’, Telangana HC quashes dowry harassment charges against in-laws of Hyderabad woman in absence of specific details

June 29, 2025 7:53 pm

The Telangana High Court noted that ‘sometimes, recourse is taken to invoke Section 498-A of the IPC against the husband and his family in order to seek compliance with the unreasonable demands of a wife.’

Karnataka police sub-inspector absconding after wife files dowry harassment case

March 27, 2025 10:20 am

Despite having received a hefty dowry, the police officer and his parents allegedly demanded a car and Rs 10 lakh, to be paid as a bribe for a transfer.

UP: 21-year-old woman strangled to death over ‘dowry’ in Shamli

January 11, 2025 5:34 am

"All the accused are absconding, and efforts are underway to locate and apprehend them," said the ASP.

Owners of Bengaluru ice cream brand arrested over daughter-in-law's suicide

November 03, 2023 1:51 pm

The woman's mother filed a police complaint against Seetha Ice Creams owners alleging dowry harassment after her 26-year-old daughter died by suicide on October 26.

Desperate visit to police station, a suicide video and death by hanging: 27-year-old woman’s last 24 hours

September 28, 2022 11:08 am

Police said her husband has been arrested and booked under sections of dowry death and subjecting a woman to cruelty

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