Greater Noida dowry death case: Police arrest husband's mother, uncle

Two more persons arrested in connection with the alleged dowry death of a 24-year-old woman in Greater Noida by the Gautam Buddha Nagar police on Wednesday, as per the officials.

Poonam (mother of the victim's husband) and Vinod (uncle of the husband) have been arrested, while the husband, Hritik, and his father Manoj were already arrested in the case.

Police said an FIR was registered at Ecotech-3 police station on May 17 under Sections 85 and 80(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

Section 85 of the BNS pertains to subjecting a woman to physical, mental or dowry-related cruelty, while Section 80(2) deals with dowry death and prescribes punishment ranging from a minimum of seven years' imprisonment to life imprisonment.

A total of seven persons, four of whom have been arrested, were named in the FIR, police said, adding that further investigation is ongoing.

The case relates to the death of Deepika Nagar, who died on Sunday night after allegedly falling from the terrace of her three-storey matrimonial home in Jalpura village of the Gautam Buddh Nagar district.

While her in-laws claimed she died after falling from the building, her family has alleged that she was murdered over dowry demands and maintained that the death was neither accidental nor suicide.

The postmortem report of the woman found a brain bleed, rupture of internal organs and multiple contusions on the body of the deceased, even as the police said that viscera samples had been preserved for forensic analysis following the autopsy.

According to the complaint lodged by Deepika's father Sanjay Nagar, she had called him shortly before the incident and told him that she was being assaulted by her in-laws over dowry demands.

The family alleged that the accused were demanding a Toyota Fortuner SUV and an additional Rs 45-50 lakh in cash.

Deepika's father had also alleged that her body bore multiple injury marks, including wounds resembling those caused by a screwdriver, and claimed there were inconsistencies in the versions given by the in-laws regarding how she sustained the injuries.

Her relatives further alleged that she had been subjected to mental and physical harassment within months of her marriage in December 2024.

Police had earlier said videography of the postmortem examination was conducted and additional sections could be added depending on the forensic findings and progress of the investigation.

(With PTI inputs)