JAIPUR: A 26-year-old woman Rita Dalai was found dead with her throat slit in her in-law's house in Gunduripada village under Binjharpur police limits on Monday morning.
Her father Damodar Dalai alleged that she was killed over dowry. “The mother-in-law and sister-in-law of my daughter had slit her throat with the help of one of their relatives late last night.
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They were torturing my daughter both physically and mentally and killed her for dowry,” he stated in the complaint lodged with police.
Rita of Hirapur village had married Digambar Dalai a couple of years back. As Digambar is employed with a private firm in Gujarat, he mostly stayed away from home. Taking advantage of his absence, Rita’s in-laws used to torture her both physically and mentally for dowry, Damodar alleged.
Due to the treatment meted out to Rita at her in-laws’ house, she stayed with her parents for some time. Digambar, during his visit to the village, went to her house to bring her back last month. A village meeting was convened to resolve the matter and she returned to her in-laws’ place with her husband. Later, Digambar left for Gujarat.
Basing on the complaint, Binjharpur police have registered a case of murder. The in-laws of the deceased have, meanwhile, absconded from the village. A police official said a search has been launched for the accused.