A 24-year-old woman was branded by hot objects, made to stand for hours inside a circle drawn on the floor with chalk, shut inside a bathroom without light and given stale food to eat – all allegedly because she had failed to pay Rs 20 lakh dowry.

After six months in hell, Panchshila Sawant approached the Ghatkopar police on Wednesday and filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws. While the torture survivor has been admitted to Rajawadi hospital for treatment and she remains critical, her husband, Milind Sawant has been detained by cops.