Newly-wed woman ‘killed’ over dowry in Sualkuchi

GUWAHATI: A 25-year-old newly-married woman was allegedly murdered for

dowry

by her husband’s family in

Sarulah village

of

Sualkuchi

, about 35 km north of Guwahati.


The incident came to light after her

husband Kartik Das

reported to the police on Monday evening that his wife was found hanging from the ceiling of her room. Later, the police reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem.

On the basis of an FIR lodged by the family of the deceased, police arrested Kartik Das, his sister

Dipumoni Das

and brother in-law Utpal Das. “Kartik and his family members allegedly killed her over dowry issues,” Deba Kumar Saud, officer in-charge of Sualkuchi police station, said.