Tag: Dowry Harassment

The victim with 30 per cent burn injuries was undergoing treatment at MKCG Medical College and Hospital.

Sanjurani Debata, who teaches Sanskrit at Durgapalli UP school in Puintala, was reportedly attacked by her husband, Pradeep Kumar Panda, who is also a teacher by profession. 

The complainant had got married in December 2016 to the son of Mahtab, the Biju Janata Dal MP from Cuttack in Odisha.

Khurda: A dowry harassment case has been lodged against former Khurda MLA Jitu Mitra at the Town police station. Mitra’s daughter-in-law has reportedly lodged the complaint alleging that she was harassed for dowry. Names of Mitra’s wife, daughter and younger son are also mentioned in the complaint. Mitra’s eldest son, who had married the girl […]

Gunupur: Sasmita Sabar, the daughter-in-law of former Gunupur MLA Rammurty Gamanga has lodged a complaint alleging dowry harassment by her husband and in-laws. As per the complaint, Sasmita stated that Rammurty’s son Lalit Ranjan Gamang had married her in May 2017. Few days after their marriage, her in-laws including father-in-law Rammurty and mother-in-law Anusaya started […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Industrialist Trailokya Mishra’s estranged daughter-in-law Lopamudra, who had levelled torture and dowry harassment charges against her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law, on Thursday demanded Rs five crore compensation from them. This was informed by Khurda Protection Officer whom Lopamudra met today and applied for Domestic Incident Report (DIR) today. The officer informed that the complainant […]

Bhubaneswar: The daughter-in-law of industrialist Trailokya Mishra has alleged dowry harassment by him, his wife and his son. The victim, Lopamudra Mishra, coming out in the open for the first time, has also revealed that she had earlier filed a complaint in this regard with the Mahila Police. According to sources, a dowry harassment case […]

Puri: While crime against women has been on the rise in Odisha, negligence and police apathy in some places have made things even worse for them. In one such case, report of a critically ill under-treatment woman, walking with an IV saline fitted to her body in protest of police inaction over a dowry case […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when crime against women and girl children has been on a rise in the State, another heinous incident has come to light from the Capital city. A young woman was killed today after being set on fire allegedly by her in-laws for dowry at Gokanpur village under Nandankanan police limits in […]

Ganjam: A newly married woman was bludgeoned to death with a hammer allegedly by her in-laws over dowry demand at Gobindapur village under Sheragada police limits in the district today. As per reports, deceased Pinky Swain (24) of Gobindapur village had tied the knot with one Firoj Swain of her village two years back with […]

Jajpur: A newlywed woman sustained severe burn injuries after she was allegedly set on fire by her in-laws at Jalanda village under Korei police limits in the district. Though the incident took place on October 23, the matter came to the fore on Wednesday after the video of the survivor’s father accusing her in-laws of […]