Ghaziabad teacher dies after being set on fire for dowry
Ghaziabad April 21 (IANS) A teacher whose husband and in-laws allegedly set her on fire over demands for a dowry of Rs 25 lakh succumbed to her injuries 8 days after the incident.
On April 13 the victim Sangeeta was preparing dinner at her in-laws house in Vasundhara residential locality under Indirapuram police station of this city when her husband Sanjeev Nagar father-in-law Rich Pal Nagar and mother-in-law Ram Bhuli Nagar tried to burn her by pouring diesel on her attempting to make it look like a case of accidental fire.
However neighbours came to her rescue and soon her parents and brother took her to Safdarjung hospital in Delhi. After registering a case the police initiated a probe in the case.
The FIR stated that Sangeeta told her mother in the hospital that her husband had been demanding Rs 25 lakh since a month.
In the complaint Sangeeta s brother Pradeep said that he received hefty compensation for some of his land acquired by the state in June 2016 and upon hearing this her in-laws started demanding dowry.
Sangeeta a teacher by profession was married to Sanjeev on November 27 2002. She earns a salary of Rs 50 000 per month and has two children.
The husband has been arrested and an investigation is underway to ascertain the role of the in-laws said Superintendent of Police (City) Salman Taj Patil.
--IANS
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