5 of family freed in dowry death case

Brij Mohan and his father Prakash Chand had remained in jail custody for over three years in connection with the case.

Police had chargesheeted the accused for allegedly causing the death of Babita as they wanted her father’s property and the money which her mother had received on account of her husband’s death in an accident. Besides, they were also accused of ill-treating Babita for giving birth to a female child, police had alleged.

Police had alleged that Babita died under suspicious circumstances at her father-in-law’s house and her body was cremated on that evening and, therefore, no post-mortem could be conducted.