Navi Mumbai: Woman harassed for not paying Rs 20 lakh 'groom cost'

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A case has been registered against a 36-year-old Navi Mumbai man and his parents for allegedly harassing the daughter-in-law over dowry demand of Rs 20 lakh.

According to the FIR, before finalising the marriage, the family of the accused had demanded Rs 20 lakh towards the "cost of the groom".

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The police stated that the accused trio (man and his parents) and the victim woman hail from Bihar and are presently living in Nvai Mumbai's CBD Belapur area.

"No arrest is made so far," the police said.

"The victim woman (34) was beaten up frequently by her husband and subjected to cruelty during November 2017-August 2023 after she failed to pay Rs 20 lakh promised by her father while finalising the marriage," a police official said.

The woman's father had given gold ornaments and various electronic gadgets to the groom, as per the FIR.

"Police have booked the husband, identified as Anand Ranjan, and his parents under sections 498A (Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), and 504 (· Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code," the official added.

Meanwhile in Navi Mumbai, an offence has been registered against a 44-year-old man for allegedly beating up a woman from his neighbourhood.

Based on a complaint lodged by the woman, the police have registered a case under sections 452 (house trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 509 (insult the modesty of a woman) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.

"The incident took place in Vavanje area of Panvel on September 1, when the woman was washing clothes outside her house and the water splashed into the accused's house next door," the police official said.

The accused identified as Dhanraj Mhatre went to the woman's house, abused her, and beat her up.

(with inputs from PTI)