Woman tortured over dowry
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 30 2011:
In a rare case of its kind, a woman has been turned out by her husband's family after her parental family failed to meet dowry demands.
The elder brother of the woman has lodged a complaint with the police.
Rajiya Bibi was turned out on the night of May 23 after being beaten badly and is currently admitted at JNIMS hospital with injuries in her head and neck.
She was shifted there after giving first aid at a community health centre at Yairipok.
The elder brother of Rajiya, Yunus Khan of Yairipok Ningthoumai alleged that her younger sister Rajiya Bibi (28) was severely beaten up by her husband Md Sanayaima, her mother in-law and her father in-law and her two sisters in-law.
They tied her with a rope and beat her with sticks and turned out from the house for not meeting their demand for payment of dowry, he alleged.