Just weeks after the news of 24-year-old Parvinder Kaur's dowry death made headlines in the national capital, another shameful incident has rocked the nation.
This time, a 24-year-old woman was reportedly strangulated to death by her husband and in-laws over dowry. The incident took place in Greater Noida where the deceased, Monica lived with her husband and in-laws.
Another dowry death in India!
Her family members have alleged that Monica was repeatedly harassed for dowry and her in-laws were asking for a car from her, a demand she was unable to fulfil.
A police official told a daily, "According to victims parents, the demand for a car was made even after they had already given dowry for their daughters marriage four years ago, according to their financial capability."
Post the complaint by the victim's family, an FIR has been lodged against the in-laws as well as the husband. However, the police officials revealed that all those accused are absconding.
This case is again a grim reminder of how we are losing young girls at the hands of greedy in-laws.
Just months back, a 28-year-old MBA graduate from Delhi hanged herself for the same reason. The East Delhi resident Deepensha Sharma was not just an MBA, but also held an MCom degree and was pursuing BEd since she wanted to get a government job.
However, constant harassment for dowry led to her suicide. Unfortunately, dowry deaths in India constitute a large percentage of harassment deaths in the country.
Dowry deaths on the rise in India
As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in 2015 "as many as 7,634 women died in the country due to dowry harassment," quoted a daily. And as per Delhi Police, as many as 31 women died of dowry harassment only in the national capital.
Unfortunately, inspite of stringent laws and orders by the Supreme Court to treat daughters-in-law like family and not housemaids, many women continue to face the wrath of greedy in-laws.
Most of this is due to giving into the smallest of demands. No wonder then the Supreme Court decided to redefine dowry and lay the rules clearly out for all to see.
It its current observation the honourable court stated, "Any money or property or valuable security demanded by any of the persons mentioned in Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, at or before or at any time after the marriage which is reasonably connected to the death of a married woman, would necessarily be in connection with or in relation to the marriage unless, the facts of a given case clearly and unequivocally point otherwise," it said.
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