Five members of a family have been charged for allegedly torturing a 26-year-old woman for dowry in Thane's Ulhasnagar township, the police said on Tuesday.
The complainant, a resident of Haweli area in Pune, told the police that her in-laws, husband and their kin would inflict burn injuries on her with hot oil, police said.
"She was married to one Tikam Tulsidas Sachdev in July last year. Her husband's family started demanding gold and Rs 1.50 lakh in cash as dowry. They also tortured her by pouring hot oil on her hands," an official said quoting the complaint.
A dowry case was registered on Monday against Tikam Tulsidas Sachdev, Tulsidas Sachdev, Sunita Tulsidas Sachdev, Vandana Hotwani and Jitu Hotwani, the official said, adding that no arrests have been made so far.
The Situation At Delhi, Mumbai Airports Day After Global IT Outage Over 300 Indian Students Return As Quota Row Sparks Violence In Bangladesh "Jindal Group Executive Showed Porn, Groped Me On Flight": Woman To NDTV Watch: Sudha Murty Shares How She Embarked On Her Philanthropic Journey BJP vs BJP In Bengal Over Differences In 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' Outlook Delhi Gets First Pilot Hybrid Court Room With 'Speech To Text' Facility Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.