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Husband held for wife's death over dowry

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a man for the alleged dowry-related death of his wife, who had allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on Friday.

Family members of the deceased woman Balwiders had lodged a police complaint claiming that she was tortured for dowry by her husband and in-laws. On Friday, Balwinder was found dead in her house in north west district's Shalimar Bagh.

Her family said that Balwinder had got married to Jaspal in 2012 and, since then, she was regularly harassed for dowry. They also also said that Jaspal has been unemployed for a long time. Later in the day, cops registered a case under 304 B of the Indian Penal Code and arrested Jaspal.

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