Only social change can bring end to dowry menace
Updated On: 29 March, 2023 05:33 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
The complainant has been married for seven years and was living with her in-laws in Kalyan city
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The Navi Mumbai police have registered a criminal offence against nine members of a family, including the husband and his mother, for allegedly torturing a 37-year-old homemaker for dowry, according to recent reports.
The case was registered at the Kamothe police station under Sections 315 (act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth) and 498- A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code. No arrest has been made so far. The FIR stated the victim was forced to abort her foetus on two occasions by her husband’s family, as she could not fulfil their persistent demands for money.
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