Housewife beaten to death in Bengal over dowry

Kolkata | Sunday | 11th November, 2018

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KOLKATA: A married woman was allegedly beaten to death following a dispute over dowry in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police said. "Tanaya Mondal, a resident of North 24 Parganas district's Bagdah, was declared dead in the hospital on Sunday morning. "According to Mondal's family members, she was often harassed and beaten by her in-laws as they could not provide the amount of dowry demanded during her marriage," he said. However, the husband and other three family members are on the run," he added. "We have arrested the mother-in-law of the deceased based on the complaint..