CRPF trooper's wife found dead, dowry case filed

25 May,2012 08:48 AM IST |   |  Agencies

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper's wife was found hanging from a ceiling fan inside her in-law's residence in south Delhi Thursday morning, police said. Her family members have registered a case of dowry death


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Kalpana, 26, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, was found hanging from her room in her in-law's house in Meethapur area. Her in-laws took her to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her dead. Hospital authorities then informed police about the incident.u00a0
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Kalpana married Sandeep Kumar four years ago and resided with her in-law's family.
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Sandeep Kumar is presently posted at the New Delhi railway station.u00a0
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Her brother, Sajjan, registered a police complaint against her in-laws, alleging that she might have been murdered and the death made to seem a suicide. However, her husband's family denied the allegations.
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"She had been tortured for dowry since after her marriage. Her in-laws used to beat her for dowry. Three days before her death she was also beaten up," he alleged in the complaint.u00a0
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Kalpana's family told police that at the time of her marriage, they gave Rs.5 lakh dowry. But, the in-laws' next demand came within few months after her marriage.u00a0
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A case of dowry has been registered against victim's husband, and in-laws and inquiry into the case is on to find out the exact reason behind her death, said a police official.u00a0
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