A thirty-year-old software engineer and a resident of HSR Layout, Sector 7, has alleged that she was threatened with life by her inlaws if she does not pay more dowry in addition to the Rs 5 lakh jewellery and Rs 2 lakh given to the groom during marriage.
The police complaint lodged on December 23 alleges that the victim was pressured by her inlaws between January 2018 and July 2018 before she was thrown out of her husband’s house in BTM Layout. Since then, she has been staying with her parents in HSR Layout.
According to the FIR, the accused demanded Rs 50 lakh cash, Rs 5 lakh gold jewellery and Rs 2 lakh towards wedding expenses for the groom. On December 30, 2017, the victim was married off to software engineer Yunus Pasha at a well-known wedding hall on Haines Road.
After marriage, the victim alleges that the accused gave her physical and mental torture over not meeting their dowry demands. On July 31, 2018, the complaint alleges that the accused mouthed expletives and hit her with their hands and even threatened to poison her and threw her out of the house. The accused are alleged to have kept her jewellery and not returned the Rs 1 lakh given to them by the victim’s parents.
Speaking to Residents Watch, the victim said, “When I looked at his phone one night, I found that he was having an affair. When I asked him about it, he confessed that he was indeed going to remarry. Then why did he marry me and spoil my life? It’s clear that he married me for the money and the regular income I earn every month.”
The estranged couple does not have a child yet, but the victim says that her life is ruined because of Younus now. “He is having an extramarital affair and wants to marry her in the next two months, so now he wants a divorce from me.”
The other accused in the FIR are Mehaboob Pasha (65 years), Gulnaaz (60), Yasmeen (30), and Nazneen (28). The cops have lodged several allegations against the accused, including one under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and five cases under Indian Penal Code 1860.
