Man, son nabbed for dowry death

A man and his son of Singh Avenue, Anand Nagar, Khanna, were arrested for allegedly causing the dowry death of a newly married woman on Monday.

The suspects were identified as Amritpal Singh and his father Bhag Singh, at present staying at Anand Nagar and hailing from Meerpur village in Fatehgarh Sahib district.

The body of the deceased, Raman Kaur, was found hanging in her room at her in-laws’ house in Khanna when her parents visited her house to enquire about her health after they were informed that she had caught some infection.

Darshan Singh of Salana Dulla Singh Wala village in the Amloh region alleged that the suspects had caused death of Raman Kaur as she had not succumbed to their pressure to bring a new motorcycle as an article of dowry.

Raman Kaur was married to Amritpal Singh only five months ago on February 9 and according to the complainant, Darshan Singh, Amritpal and his father Bhag Singh had started harassing her for bringing meagre amount of dowry shortly after marriage.

“My sister Raman Kaur talked to our mother on Monday too and alleged that Amritpal and his father had misbehaved with her and beaten for not bringing motorcycle as dowry,” Darshan told the Khanna police on Monday.

It was after receiving information from Amritpal about an ‘infection’ caused to Raman Kaur that her parents found her body hanging from a ceiling fan in her room.

DSP Amritpal Singh Bhatti said the suspects were nabbed when they were trying to escape after coming to know about the registration of an FIR under Section 80 of the BNS for alleged dowry death of the woman.