Lucknow, July 30
The Uttar Pradesh police has registered a dowry harassment case against union human resource development minister Arjun Singh, his wife and five other family members.

The case, under Section 323, 324, 325, 498 (A), 506 and 304 of the IPC, was registered on the directives of the chief judicial magistrate at Chandausi police station in Moradabad district last night.

According to the police, the case was lodged by the Raja of Naurali Manvendra Singh, father-in-law of Abhijit, grandson of Arjun Singh.

Abhijit's wife Priyanka Singh has charged that her in-laws were demanding a residential flat at Noida along with a luxury car as dowry and even beat her for not giving in to their demands.

Earlier on Friday, chief judicial magistrate of Moradabad had ordered the registration of criminal cases against Arjun Singh, his wife, his son Abhimanyu Singh, daughter-in-law Beena Singh, sister-in-law Aradhana Singh, grandson Abhijit, brother-in-law Dilip Singh and daughter of Dilip, Mandakani Singh.

The state government is considering the recommendation of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Secretary (home) Javeed Ahmed here today said the government was going through the case and it could be handed over to the CBI in the near future.

“As the case involves a dispute between two high profile families, it will be better to give it to the CBI,” he said, adding that the Moradabad police was investigating into the case.

New Delhi: Arjun Singh today asserted that he had nothing to do with the allegation of harassment of his grandson's wife for dowry.

Arjun Singh told CNN-IBN television channel that he did not even attend the wedding of his grandson one-and-a-half year ago in protest against his opinion being "sidelined" at the wedding. "I have nothing to do with it. My opinion was sidelined at the wedding," he said.

Reacting to the allegation, the Congress Party said “Let us wait for the process. The case is only at the FIR level.”