NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old woman died after her in-laws fell from the third floor of her in-laws house in northwest Delhi. Shakurpur area, police said on Wednesday.
Police have arrested three persons, including the victim’s husband, in connection with the incident.
At around 8 pm on Tuesday, Rukhsana and her brother Mohammad Tanveer Alam went to the Subhash Place police station and complained about a fight between their daughter Nagma and Nagma’s sister-in-law at their house in Shakurpur’s G Block, police said.
As she spoke to the police, she got a call from her husband, Mohammad Jehangir, who told her that Nagma had fallen from the third floor of her in-laws’ house.
Nagma was taken to her husband Shakeel Hospital where she was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said.
Nagma married Shakeel May last year.
At around 4 pm on Tuesday, Nagma had called her mother and told that she was not feeling well.
Her mother and some relatives went to meet her around 7 pm and raised the matter of Nagma’s ill health with her in-laws and accused them of negligence in treatment. Police said this led to a dispute between the two families.
He told that his mother came to the police station and in the meantime Nagma fell from the third floor of the building.
The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Saraswati Vihar was asked to initiate the investigation proceedings and record the statement of the victim’s family.
The officer said that during the interrogation proceedings, Nagma’s parents made allegations of cruelty, harassment and dowry demands against Nagma’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law and also alleged that their daughter was thrown out of the house by them , said the officer.
On the recommendation of the Executive Magistrate, Saraswati Vihar, a case under section 498 (coercion or taking into custody of a married woman with criminal intent), 304-B (dowry) Death), 34 (general intent), and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) were registered at Subhash Place police station.
Nagma’s husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been arrested and the matter is being probed, police said.
Police have arrested three persons, including the victim’s husband, in connection with the incident.
At around 8 pm on Tuesday, Rukhsana and her brother Mohammad Tanveer Alam went to the Subhash Place police station and complained about a fight between their daughter Nagma and Nagma’s sister-in-law at their house in Shakurpur’s G Block, police said.
As she spoke to the police, she got a call from her husband, Mohammad Jehangir, who told her that Nagma had fallen from the third floor of her in-laws’ house.
Nagma was taken to her husband Shakeel Hospital where she was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said.
Nagma married Shakeel May last year.
At around 4 pm on Tuesday, Nagma had called her mother and told that she was not feeling well.
Her mother and some relatives went to meet her around 7 pm and raised the matter of Nagma’s ill health with her in-laws and accused them of negligence in treatment. Police said this led to a dispute between the two families.
He told that his mother came to the police station and in the meantime Nagma fell from the third floor of the building.
The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Saraswati Vihar was asked to initiate the investigation proceedings and record the statement of the victim’s family.
The officer said that during the interrogation proceedings, Nagma’s parents made allegations of cruelty, harassment and dowry demands against Nagma’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law and also alleged that their daughter was thrown out of the house by them , said the officer.
On the recommendation of the Executive Magistrate, Saraswati Vihar, a case under section 498 (coercion or taking into custody of a married woman with criminal intent), 304-B (dowry) Death), 34 (general intent), and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) were registered at Subhash Place police station.
Nagma’s husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been arrested and the matter is being probed, police said.