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

A 36-year-old man and his parents have been charged with a crime in Navi Mumbai for allegedly harassing the daughter-in-law over an unmet dowry demand of Rs 20 lakh.

As per the FIR, before finalising the marriage, the family of the accused had demanded Rs 20 lakh towards the cost of the groom from the victim's father The trio of defendants, along with the victim, are from Bihar, but they currently reside in Mumbai's satellite city's CBD Belapur node. So far, no one has been arrested.

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. FIR stated that the woman's father had given gold ornaments and various electronic gadgets to the groom.

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.