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Man, Family Charged For Torturing Woman Over 'Girl Child, Dark-Skinned'
A man and seven members of his family have been charged for allegedly torturing his wife after she gave birth to a baby girl, the police in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai said today.
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Maharashtra Man Booked For Demanding Tortoise With 21 Toenails, Black Labrador As Dowry
An FIR has been registered against a man and his family in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, for demanding a tortoise with 21 toenails and a black Labrador as dowry.
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Pregnant Maharashtra Woman Beaten Up By Husband, In-Laws Loses Baby: Cops
A 22-year-old pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage after she was allegedly beaten up by her husband and in-laws in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday.
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Man Kills Wife, Tries To Pass It Off As Suicide; Arrested
A 28-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and hanged her body from the ceiling of his house to pass it off as suicide here in Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
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Husband, Father-In-Law Arrested After Woman Kills Kids, Self In Thane
The husband and father-in-law of a woman, who allegedly ended her life after killing her two children in Maharashtra's Thane city, have been arrested from Gujarat on charges of abetment of suicide, police said on Thursday.
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Woman Kills Self After Harassment Over Dowry, Demand For Male Child: Cops
A 25-year-old woman in Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide after her husband and in-laws harassed her over dowry and her giving birth to two girls, police said on Thursday.
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12 Charged In Maharashtra For ''Selling'' 2 Rajasthani Women For Dowry
A shocking incident of two Rajasthani women having been allegedly "sold off to recover dowry" has come to light on Monday in Virar town here, officials said.
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Months After Wedding, He Burned Wife Alive For Dowry. Gets Jail For Life
A 32-year-old man has been jailed for life for tying up his wife and burning her alive six years ago in Maharashtra's Thane district. The couple had been married for only five months till he murdered her. The woman in her dying declaration told the police that her husband had demanded dowry
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Higher Dowry Asked For 'Ugly' Brides: Maharashtra Textbook Shocker
"Ugliness" and disability are listed among the reasons for dowry demands made to the parents of a bride, in a Class 12 schoolbook in Maharashtra. The outrageous statement is part of a chapter in the sociology textbook titled "Major Social Problems in India".
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Farmer's Daughter Commits Suicide To Save Father From Dowry Demands
An 18 year old girl in Maharashtra's Latur reportedly committed suicide to save her father, a poor farmer with a one acre farm, from having to pay dowry for her marriage.
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Man, Family Charged For Torturing Woman Over 'Girl Child, Dark-Skinned'
A man and seven members of his family have been charged for allegedly torturing his wife after she gave birth to a baby girl, the police in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai said today.
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Maharashtra Man Booked For Demanding Tortoise With 21 Toenails, Black Labrador As Dowry
An FIR has been registered against a man and his family in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, for demanding a tortoise with 21 toenails and a black Labrador as dowry.
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Pregnant Maharashtra Woman Beaten Up By Husband, In-Laws Loses Baby: Cops
A 22-year-old pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage after she was allegedly beaten up by her husband and in-laws in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday.
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Man Kills Wife, Tries To Pass It Off As Suicide; Arrested
A 28-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and hanged her body from the ceiling of his house to pass it off as suicide here in Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
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Husband, Father-In-Law Arrested After Woman Kills Kids, Self In Thane
The husband and father-in-law of a woman, who allegedly ended her life after killing her two children in Maharashtra's Thane city, have been arrested from Gujarat on charges of abetment of suicide, police said on Thursday.
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Woman Kills Self After Harassment Over Dowry, Demand For Male Child: Cops
A 25-year-old woman in Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide after her husband and in-laws harassed her over dowry and her giving birth to two girls, police said on Thursday.
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12 Charged In Maharashtra For ''Selling'' 2 Rajasthani Women For Dowry
A shocking incident of two Rajasthani women having been allegedly "sold off to recover dowry" has come to light on Monday in Virar town here, officials said.
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Months After Wedding, He Burned Wife Alive For Dowry. Gets Jail For Life
A 32-year-old man has been jailed for life for tying up his wife and burning her alive six years ago in Maharashtra's Thane district. The couple had been married for only five months till he murdered her. The woman in her dying declaration told the police that her husband had demanded dowry
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Higher Dowry Asked For 'Ugly' Brides: Maharashtra Textbook Shocker
"Ugliness" and disability are listed among the reasons for dowry demands made to the parents of a bride, in a Class 12 schoolbook in Maharashtra. The outrageous statement is part of a chapter in the sociology textbook titled "Major Social Problems in India".
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Farmer's Daughter Commits Suicide To Save Father From Dowry Demands
An 18 year old girl in Maharashtra's Latur reportedly committed suicide to save her father, a poor farmer with a one acre farm, from having to pay dowry for her marriage.
