Summary:
Based on her complaint, Race Course police had filed a case under Section 498 (A) (dowry harassment). When she could not afford to pay her daughter’s school fees, Sudha filed a petition before the Salem mahila court in 2017 seeking alimony. The 40-year-old man had been harassing her daughter B Sudha, 34, demanding 15 sovereigns of gold and money to buy a two-wheeler, Parvathi said in the complaint. After the incident, Sudha permanently moved in with her parents along with her daughter. The petition was withdrawn in May after Boopathi assured to take care of his daughter and wife.However, months after living together, Boopathi along with his family, again started to harass Sudha, who was pregnant, demanding dowry, Parvathi said..