NURMAHAL.
The Nurmahal police have booked two members of the in-law’s family in a dowry harassment case. The Investigating officer (IO) Daljit Singh said that the accused have been identified as Sukhjindar Singh son of Harjindar Singh a resident of Ajtanni village and his mother Naridar Kaur.
Harjindar Kaur daughter of Tarsem Singh, a resident of Samsha Bad village had filed a complaint to the senior superintendent of police, Jalandhar (rural), that her marriage was solemnized with Sukhjindar Singh, and her in-laws had been harassing her and demanding more and more dowry since her marriage and beating her and tortured her physically and mentally.
IO said a case under section 498-A (husband or relative of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.