Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (RD)
Beltangady, Oct 23: A complaint has been lodged at the police station here, by a Muslim woman, residing at Chilimbi, in the limits of Kuvettu village, near here alleging that her husband and in-laws were torturing her physically as well as mentally, in order to bring more dowry.
Naseema Banu (25), a resident of Chilimbi, in Kuvettu village was married to Tanweer, a resident of Chikmagalur, on January 28, 2007. He was given 20 sovereign pounds and Rs 1 lac as dowry. She was physically and mentally tortured by her husband, mother-in-law Asmat, Habibulla and Mohammed Rasool, with their demands to bring more dowry.
Despite several attempts were made to reconcile both Naseema and Tanveer since they wedded; her husband including in-laws continued to pester her with more dowry demands. Accordingly, Naseema lodged the complaint at the police station here, as she could no more bear the harassment.