Tag: Dowry Torture

Suicide attempt over dowry torture
'Tortured' for dowry, woman attempts suicide outside police station; critical

The woman identified by her first name, Jhili, consumed poison in front of Chatrapur model police station.

  • Wednesday, 24 August 2022
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Woman hangs self, family members allege dowry torture

Kendrapara: A newly married woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in  Andara village under Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district late on Saturday night. Meanwhile, family members of the deceased Namita Mallick lodged an FIR against six persons, including her husband and in-laws and two other villagers at the Pattamundai police station […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Husband beats wife to death over dowry

Baripada: A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband for dowry in Mahuldiha village under Kaptipada police limits of Mayurbhanj district late last night. The deceased has been identified as Gumuri Mukherjee. Soon after the incident, Gumuri’s family members lodged a complaint against her husband Biswajit Mukherjee at the police station and alleged […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Woman's body found hanging, family alleges foul play

Jajpur: Tension prevailed after body of a woman was recovered under mysterious circumstances from her house in Chorda Digisahi area under Jajpur Road police limits in Jajpur district on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Archana Kumari (25). Archana’s husband Pankaj Kumar, who works as a assistant manager at Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Odia Naval employee arrested on charges of dowry torture

Bhubaneswar:  Police arrested an Odia Naval civil employee from Visakhapatnam on charges of torturing his wife physically and mentally for dowry. The Mancheswar police here arrested Abhijit Acharya, who worked as a civil employee at the Naval Armament Depot in Visakhapatnam, on the basis of a court warrant and brought him to Bhubaneswar. As per […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Dowry harassment allegation brought against RTI activist

Bhubaneswar: Allegations of physical and mental harassment over dowry demand was brought against Right To Information (RTI) activist Subash Mohapatra by his wife on Monday. Mohapatra’s wife alleged that he did not keep any relation with her after she gave birth to a girl child and is in a relationship with another woman. He also […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Raghunath Mohanty meets CM to be ‘active’ in party activities

Bhubaneswar: Nearly four years after staying away from BJD affairs, former minister and senior BJD leader Raghunath Mohanty today met party supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence here and promised to participate actively in party activities. “It was just a courtesy call. I am a disciplined worker of the party. I will […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Acid attack on woman over dowry

Balasore: A woman sustained serious burn injuries after her mother-in-law allegedly threw acid on her over dowry at Deula village under Bhograi police limits in Balasore district on Monday. The woman was admitted to Balasore district headquarters hospital  in critical condition. As per the complaint, the mother-in-law and husband of the victim had been reportedly […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Dowry torture case: Trailokya Mishra, son get anticipatory bail

Cuttack: The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to industrialist Trailokya Mishra and his son Sabyasachi in connection with the dowry torture case lodged against them by Sabyasachi’s wife Lopamudra Mishra. The court granted the bail on the basis of Rs 20,000 bond and bailer. Notably, Lopamudra had filed a dowry harassment case against Trailokya, […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Dowry torture: One daughter-in-law dies, while other battles for life

Dowry torture is still rampant in Odisha which is understood from two such cases were reported today. In one case, a young woman was burnt to death by her in-laws whereas the other woman was burnt from neck to toe leaving aside the face

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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In-laws, husband blackmail woman with CCTV footage of bedroom!

Khurda: In a sensational incident that epitomises the moral degeneration of our society, a woman has charged her in-laws and husband for blackmailing her by shooting intimate moments using a close circuit television camera (CCTV) in her bedroom. Cuttack-based doctor Rebatikanta Das, his wife and his son Gaurav have been served notices by police after […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Newly-wed woman burnt to death by in-laws

Bhawanipatna: A newly married woman was allegedly burnt to death by her in-laws in Shaktinagar Pada here on Saturday. The incident came to light on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Priyadarshani Mahapatra. Sources said an altercation occurred between Priyadarshani and her husband Ajay over some trivial issue on Saturday. In a fit of rage, […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Lopamudra case: HC denies advance bail to Trailokya Mishra

Cuttack: In a major development in the much hyped Lopamudra Mishra dowry torture case, the Orissa High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail petition of industrialist and father-in-law of the victim Trailokya Mishra. On July 4, the Court had given the industrialist, his son Sabyasachi and wife Ashamanjari interim protection from arrest till July 29 […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Mother-son duo booked for poisoning wife

Palghar: A man was booked along with his mother for allegedly poisoning his wife here, police said today. According to the complaint lodged in this regard yesterday, the man, a resident of Virar locality here, had force-fed poison to his wife, 33, on July 6, for dowry and also because she could not conceive, Virar […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Husband, in-law arrested for setting woman on fire

Balasore: After yesterday’s ghastly incident in Chalipada village under Nilagiri Police limits of Balasore district where a woman, who was set afire by her husband and in-laws was rescued while running for life by passersby, police today arrested two persons in connection with the case. The accused husband and father-in-law of the victim have been […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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