Assaulted by in-laws, woman loses child, 7 including husband booked

Greater Noida

: A 25-year-old woman, who was married one-and-half-year back, has alleged that she suffered a

miscarriage

after her husband and in-laws assaulted her over

dowry

.

The woman’s family has alleged that she was strangulated by her husband and in-laws but she managed to escape.

Shivani Sharma who belongs to Delhi’s Ghazipur, got married to Sushil, a native of Dankaur’s Rampur village. She alleged that her in-laws were unhappy with the dowry given and had been harassing her repeatedly.

She said that in April this year, Sushil and his family allegedly tried to strangulate her with a dupatta even as she was two months pregnant. A case was lodged at Dankaur police station against her husband and his six family members.