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Parul works as a government nurse and was locked in a property dispute with her husband Devendra for a while, they added.

An FIR has been registered in Amroha under sections 85 (cruelty by husband), 109 (attempt to murder) and 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on a complaint filed by Parul Kumari’s brother Kapil Singh against Devendra and his family members.

The incident took place at Narangpur village of Amroha district on Tuesday.

Didauli Station House Officer (SHO) Harish Wardhan Singh told The Indian Express that the couple got married in 2013 and were involved in a property dispute.

“It was the husband who got her admitted to the hospital. No dowry is involved. They are married for over 12 years,” said the SHO.

“We are investigating if the other members of the family were involved,” Singh said.

Parul’s younger brother Bhanu, who was at the Safdurjung hospital, said since she bought a plot in her name her in-laws’ family were harassing her over the property.

“Last year, she lodged at police complaint after they beat her up but the matter was resolved later after the family intervened,” he said.

“They forcibly withdrew her salary from ATM. Devendra is an alcoholic and regularly assaulted my sister,” he said.

“Our uncle lives in the same area and called me to inform that he heard noise from my sister’s house,” Kapil Singh said in his police complaint.

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