The case was registered after a complaint was filed by Shrikant's 25-year-old wife.
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A Congress corporator in Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation allegedly harassed his daughter-in-law for dowry.
According to Indian Express, the corporator Siddheshwar Kammurti, 60, his wife Kaveriand sons Sanket and Shrikant have been booked by the police. The case was registered after a complaint was filed by Shrikant's 25-year-old wife.
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An officer from Bhiwandi police station said, "In her complaint, the woman, who hails from Mangaluru, said that she had tied the knot with Shrikant last February in Bhiwandi. However, after a few months, the relationship between them soured."
He added, "The complainant has alleged that her husband and in-laws started demanding money from her parents, and tortured her physically and mentally, due to which she had to abort her child."
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