SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have booked three members of in-law family for dowry harassment.
Investigating officer (IO) Amandeep Kaur said that the accused have been identified as Inderjeet Singh a resident of Chak Muglanni village, his father Jaswinder Singh, and his mother Jagdeesh Kaur.
Charanjit Kaur daughter of Amarjit a resident of Shahla Pur village complained to the police that her marriage was solemnized with Inderjit Singh, but she was being harassed for dowry ever since her marriage.
IO said that a case under section 406 (breach of trust) and 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused after an inquiry and further investigations are on. No arrests have been made and raids are being conducted to nab the absconding accused.