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UP horror: In-laws inject woman with HIV-infected syringe over dowry demands of ₹10 lakh cash, SUV
- UP horror: A 30-year-old woman in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, was injected with an HIV-infected syringe by her in-laws after her family could not meet dowry demands.
UP Horror: In a horrifying incident, a 30 -year old woman was injected with HIV-infected syringe by her in-laws after her parents failed to meet additional dowry demands of ₹10 lakhs and a bigger SUV. A court in Uttar Pradesh's Saharnpur has ordered UP police to file criminal complaint against in-laws, a report by Times of India stated.
According to the report, the incident took place last year in May at her in-laws house in Haridwar. The father of the woman told the court that he married off his daughter in February 2023. During the wedding, he spent nearly ₹45 lakh. "We gave a sub-compact SUV and ₹15 lakh in cash to the groom's family, the woman's father said before court as quoted by TOI report.
He further added that the in-laws then, “demanded an additional ₹10 lakh cash and a bigger SUV.”
‘In-laws forcibly injected her with HIV-infected syringe,’ father says
Recalling his daughter's traumatic experience, the father said that the in-laws started harrassing her immediately after her wedding. She was even kicked out from her home on 25th March 2023 and then lived with her own family for three months. “She was kicked out of her marital home on March 25, 2023, and for the next three months, she lived with us until the village panchayat intervened,” the father in the police complaint said as quoted by TOI report.
He further said that in May 2024, “her in-laws forcibly injected her with an HIV-infected syringe, and her health deteriorated rapidly,” as quoted by TOI.
He stated that medical tests confirmed his daughter was HIV-positive, while her husband tested negative.
According to the report, the father of the victim alleged that both the police and SSP ignored their complaint, prompting the family to seek legal action in court.
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Business NewsNewsUP horror: In-laws inject woman with HIV-infected syringe over dowry demands of ₹10 lakh cash, SUV
First Published:15 Feb 2025, 01:12 PM IST
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