Bhagwan Dada’s film Jayakodi talked about the evil practice of dowry. Jayakodi hogged the limelight by taking on the social evil of dowry with a poignant storyline in this movie. The practice of demanding dowry has tainted Indian society for many generations. Even now, newspapers are filled with incidents of women bearing the brunt of … Read more
Minister Smriti Irani gave data as per which 357 complaints of dowry were received in 2022. There is an increase in the number of dowry, rape, and attempt to rape complaints received in the National Commission for Women in the last three years, the Union Women and Child Development Ministry said. Responding to a question … Read more
FIR has been registered against her husband and in-laws at Nawabganj police station. (Representational) Bareilly: A 25-year-old woman died after her in-laws allegedly forced her to drink acid for not meeting their demand for dowry in Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said on Saturday. Anjum, a resident of Udala Jagir village in … Read more
FIR has been registered against her husband and in-laws at Nawabganj police station. (Representational) Bareilly: A 25-year-old woman died after her in-laws allegedly forced her to drink acid for not meeting their demand for dowry in Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh, a police officer said on Saturday. Anjum, a resident of Udala Jagir village in … Read more
The cases were filed against the 48-year-old actor based on marriage documents. (File) Mumbai: A court here has rejected two pleas filed against Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui by his “former” wife Zianab, seeking directions to police to register cases against him for alleged dowry harassment. As per the actor’s lawyers, Zainab had filed multiple complaints … Read more
Woman broke the marriage when the preparations were in full swing to welcome baraat. (Representational) Una: A woman from Bangana town of the Una district In Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday refused to marry a man and sent back the barat after he demanded dowry from her parents, police said. According to a family member of … Read more
Gurugram: Wife of a NSG commando died under suspicious circumstances after she allegedly fell from the seventh floor of a residential building in NSG camp in Manesar here, police said on Tuesday. The family members of the 33-year-old woman have accused her husband and in-laws for her death, alleging that they harassed her for dowry. … Read more
Gurugram: Wife of a NSG commando died under suspicious circumstances after she allegedly fell from the seventh floor of a residential building in NSG camp in Manesar here, police said on Tuesday. The family members of the 33-year-old woman have accused her husband and in-laws for her death, alleging that they harassed her for dowry. … Read more
The bride’s father told media that the groom’s father misbehaved with him. (Representational) Hyderabad: A man called off his marriage in Hyderabad after he reportedly found that “old” furniture was given by the bride’s family as dowry, police said on Monday. The groom, who works as a bus driver, did not turn up for the … Read more
Her husband and his father have been arrested for abetment of suicide, seeking dowry and assault. Mumbai: A 34-year–old woman allegedly died by suicide in her home in Bandra in Mumbai over dowry harassment, following which her husband and his father were arrested, a police official said on Monday. Pinky Chawla ended her life in … Read more