A pregnant woman was allegedly pushed from the second floor of her house by her in-laws for dowry in Northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar. The husband is arrested.
Puja Devi, 20, broke her spine as she fell down. She is in a critical condition in GTB hospital.
Police has filed a case for attempt to murder under section 307 and harassing her for dowry under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.
The rest of the family has fled and police is in search for them.
On August 10, Puja fell down from the second floor of her house. When she screamed no one from her home responded. But some neighbours heard her crying in pain and informed police.
She was unable to speak for two days, after which her statement was recorded for sub-divisional magistrate inquiry.
According to Puja’s complaint, her in-laws, including her father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law were harassing her to get cash and gold from her maternal home since the time she came to the house.
She was often beaten for the same reason.
All of them were present and also helped each other to push her from the second floor.
Puja’s got married to Manoj last year on December 15.
Published 15 August 2016, 11:01 IST