<p class="title">A woman in Odisha's Jajpur district was allegedly thrashed by her father-in-law and mother-in-law over dowry demand, police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The father-in-law, mother-in-law and the husband of the woman were arrested after a video of in-laws beating their daughter-in-law and dragging her by the hair over dowry demand went viral on social media on Wednesday night, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the video, a man identified as Nabin Behera was seen dragging his daughter-in-law by her hair while his wife Charulata Behera was beating her with a stick at Dhaneswar village under the jurisdiction of Korei police station on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Although no formal complaint was filed but Korei police station took suo moto cognizance of the matter after the video went viral on social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have suo moto registered a case after the video of the incident did the rounds on social media platforms on Wednesday night and arrested father-in-law, mother-in-law and the husband of the victim under various sections of IPC," said Ranjit Mohanty, Inspector-in-charge of Korei police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The woman Meena Behera (26), a resident of Jokadia- Bhandaripada in Jajpur district was married to Gananath Behera about 5 years ago, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was allegedly tortured by her in-laws several times in the past over dowry demand. The woman had once consumed poison following the torture by the in-laws over the issue and was hospitalised in a local hospital, the police added. </p>
<p class="title">A woman in Odisha's Jajpur district was allegedly thrashed by her father-in-law and mother-in-law over dowry demand, police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The father-in-law, mother-in-law and the husband of the woman were arrested after a video of in-laws beating their daughter-in-law and dragging her by the hair over dowry demand went viral on social media on Wednesday night, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the video, a man identified as Nabin Behera was seen dragging his daughter-in-law by her hair while his wife Charulata Behera was beating her with a stick at Dhaneswar village under the jurisdiction of Korei police station on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Although no formal complaint was filed but Korei police station took suo moto cognizance of the matter after the video went viral on social media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have suo moto registered a case after the video of the incident did the rounds on social media platforms on Wednesday night and arrested father-in-law, mother-in-law and the husband of the victim under various sections of IPC," said Ranjit Mohanty, Inspector-in-charge of Korei police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The woman Meena Behera (26), a resident of Jokadia- Bhandaripada in Jajpur district was married to Gananath Behera about 5 years ago, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was allegedly tortured by her in-laws several times in the past over dowry demand. The woman had once consumed poison following the torture by the in-laws over the issue and was hospitalised in a local hospital, the police added. </p>