A 25-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment at Sector 78 in Noida, the police said on Sunday.
The police have registered a case of dowry death against her husband and his mother.
The woman, who belonged to Chandigarh, was living with her husband since their marriage in August 2018. The two were working at an IT firm as software engineers.
The incident occurred on January 4 at around 1 a.m. The woman had allegedly locked herself in the bedroom following an argument with her husband. The police received the information only at 3 a.m. when a call was made from a hospital.
Marital discord
“The husband informed that the deceased had an argument over preparing dinner after which she had locked herself in the bedroom. He said that they had regular arguments. He said his mother-in-law called him late in the night after her daughter did not answer her calls,” said Station House Officer (Sector 49) Girija Shankar Tripathi.
Mr. Tripathi further said that when the woman did not open the door, her husband used a duplicate key to open the door after which he found her dead.
“The woman was rushed to the district hospital in Noida where she was declared brought dead,” Mr. Tripathi added.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the kin of the deceased filed a complaint against the husband and his mother for allegedly harassing the deceased over dowry, “The mother of Nitin had recently come to live with them in Noida when she harassed my daughter over dowry due to which she was not in the right state of mind. We suspect foul play in the death,” Anupam, mother of the deceased wrote in her complaint.
An FIR was registered against the the husband and his mother under Sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 304B (where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury) along with Section 3/7 of Dowry Act of the Indian Penal Code.
“We have detained the man for questioning while the allegations are being investigated. Due action will be taken,” Mr. Tripathi added.
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