Five held for dowry death

NASHIK, June 13: Five members of a family were arrested for allegedly burning to death a 22-year-old woman who failed to get them a dowry...

Written by Press Trust Of India
June 14, 1999 12:00 AM IST

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NASHIK, June 13: Five members of a family were arrested for allegedly burning to death a 22-year-old woman who failed to get them a dowry of Rs 50,000 here yesterday.

Police said Kamini8217;s father-in-law Dattatreya, mother-in-law Subhadrabai, husband Anup, brother-in-law Sachin and sister-in-law Padma set her ablaze at their apartment in Nashik Road.

The family members allegedly beat up and harassed Kamini, who was married to Anup in May 1996, and demanded Rs 50,000 from her parents for constructing a bungalow, police said.

All the five were arrested following Kamini8217;s father Ramkrishna8217;s complaint with the Nashik Road police that his daughter was harassed and killed for want of money, police said.