Woman attacked with acid for not meeting dowry demand in UP's Sambhal
News Agencies
| Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:47 IST
A 25-year-old woman was allegedly attacked with acid by her husband and in-laws for dowry in the Kotwali area in Sambhal, police said on 22 August.
According to the complaint lodged by the woman, her father-in-law Iqbal, husband Akram along with his brother Laeeq Ahmad and sister Kesar Jahan threw acid at her during a meeting with her family members late on 21 August.
The victim left her in-laws house and moved back in with her parents after she was pressurised to give them a car and cash in dowry, Inspector Yashpal Singh Yadav said, citing the complaint.
The couple were wed around one-and-a-half-year ago.
A case has been lodged against Akram and his family members and the victim was sent for medical examination, police said.
--PTI
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