Bilga resident booked for torturing wife for dowry

Dilbag Singh 

Bilga resident booked for torturing wife for dowry

NURMAHAL 26 JULY

The Bilga police have booked a Bilga resident for torturing his wife for dowry.

Investigating Officer (IO) Aman Deep Singh said that the accused has been identified as Harpreet Singh son of Yadwindar Singh, a resident of Pati Bagga, Bilga village

Kamaljit Kaur, wife of Harpreet Singh, had filed a complaint to the senior superintendent of police, Jalandhar (rural), that her husband had been torturing and harassing her and demanding more dowry since her marriage

IO said a case under section 85 (husband or relative of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 316(2) (criminal breach of trust) and 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the BNS has been registered against the accused after an inquiry.