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Women are asserting their autonomy, challenging socio-cultural setting of patriarchal norms and capitalist structures

Claims that she was held hostage, released only after giving in writing that she would not lodge a complaint against her husband and stepson

The woman, in her complaint to the police, said that her husband and in-laws tortured her for additional dowry

Police said that they received a complaint that Tabrez posed as Aryan, claimed to be a sub inspector with UP police because he wanted to get married for dowry.

Dr Ruwais, a post graduate medical student, was taken into custody near Kollam late on Wednesday night.

Three members of a family were booked for dowry death after a 25-year-old woman died here under mysterious circumstances, police said on Friday.

Feroz and his family members harassed Fathima on trivial matters and demanded additional dowry.

A man was arrested here along with his son for allegedly setting his daughter-in-law on fire over dowry after he raped her.

A woman constable was found hanging at her house at Bank Colony in Warangal on Sunday

Her mother lodged a complaint stating that her daughter was harassed for dowry by her husband and his family.

Hyderabad: Justice K Lakshman of the Telangana High Court intervened and stalled the arrest of the parents’ in-law, brother in-law and husband of an complainant in a 498-A case. The accused persons complained that the complainant, wife of the first accused person, had chosen a police station of her personal choice indicative of how there […]

Kanpur: In a bizarre incident, a groom in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district ran away from the marriage venue as he did not get the required dowry, police said. The incident took place at a mass marriage event in Sharifapur village of the district in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Minister Dharam Pal Singh. The groom […]

Meerut: An Army Major has been accused of cutting his wife’s finger demanding dowry from her in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district. The Major’s wife, who is in her early 30s, approached police with the finger injury and alleged that her husband has been harassing her “mentally and physically” for dowry since 2014 when they got married. […]

Patna (Bihar): Criticizing the dowry system, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that there is nothing worse than demanding dowry for marrying a girl else what will happen to childbirth if a “man marries to another man”. Kumar’s remarks came during the inauguration of a newly constructed girls’ hostel in Patna on Tuesday. […]

Hyderabad: A woman allegedly killed her one-year-old son by slitting his wrist and neck with a blade and later jumped from a building along with the child at Mettuguda on Monday. The condition of the woman was stated to be critical. The woman, T. Divya (32), was married to T. Mahendra (33), a chartered accountant […]

India needs ‘disruptive change’ to shatter patriarchal social norms

Based on her complaint, the police booked a case of dowry harassment and cheating and arrested Mahesh from his home in AP, after which he was produced before court in the city.

He termed dowry as a dangerous disease and said they were planning to create awareness among citizens on it.

A dowry-murder case has been registered and the accused and his four other family members have been arrested.