Woman found dead in house, husband sitting next to body

Gurgaon: The family of a 28-year-old woman, found dead at her home in Farrukhnagar’s Sundarpur Jarau on Monday, has alleged she was physically abused over dowry by her husband who was spotted sitting next to her body in an intoxicated condition.
Police said the autopsy report concluded that Poonam, who got married to Mangat Ram (35) in 2015, died of poisoning.
Poonam’s family has filed a murder case under Section 302 of the IPC at the Farrukhnagar police station. Mangat, a mechanic, is absconding, cops said.
“We haven’t made any arrests so far. Action will be taken as per the law once the investigation is complete,” said assistant sub-inspector Rajesh.
According to the complaint, Poonam’s younger sister Priya went to her house to visit her on Monday when she saw the body lying outside the washroom around 8am. Mangat was sitting next to the body, apparently intoxicated.
Priya called her family for help before calling the police.
“The family claims that the night before Poonam’s death, she had called her brother Hemant Kumar to inform him about an ongoing dispute with Mangat. But before her brother could respond, the call got cut,” the ASI said.
Hemant alleged Mangat and his mother were “torturing” Poonam for not giving them enough in dowry.
“Things took a nasty turn when Mangat and his mother started harassing Poonam for dowry. We tried talking to them and explaining our financial struggle. We had already given what we could afford. But Mangat and his mother wouldn’t consider it. The arguments and abuse just wouldn’t stop. They even threatened to get him married again if we didn’t cough up more money, making my sister's life a living nightmare,” Hemant said in the complaint.
Hemant said he rushed to Poonam’s house after Priya called him and saw Mangat “drunk and out of control”.
“He had physically abused Poonam overnight,” the complaint added.