A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly allegedly bit his wife’s nose, thereby injuring her, over demand for dowry.
The victim, 22-year-old Ajmi is a resident of Maheshpur and lodged an FIR on Tuesday against six members of her husband’s family at the CB Ganj police station.
Talking about the incident, Bareilly Additional Superintendent of Police, City, Rahul Bhati said that the woman lodged an FIR against her husband Nazim, father-in-law Sabir, family members Rihan, Rukhsar, Majid Hussain and Saeed Ahmed on Tuesday on grounds of dowry harassment and injuring her.
Ajmi said in her FIR that she was married one-and-a-half years ago and had a five-month-old son. After marriage, her in-laws allegedly started harassing her for bringing less dowry.
The woman also alleged that her husband beat her several times and threw her out of the house, but the Panchayat initiated an adjustment every time.
She further said that even after this incident, the accused stayed adamant on the demand for dowry.
As per her allegations, on December 15, her in-laws beat her, and her husband Nazim injured her by biting her nose.
A probe regarding the matter is underway.
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