Suspected dowry loss of life in Noida; girl’s husband, father-in-law arrested: ‘Beat her, threw her from terrace’
A 24-year-old girl died after allegedly “falling from the rooftop” of her in-laws’ home in Larger Noida’s Jalpura village. Police have reportedly arrested her husband and father-in-law in a suspected dowry-related loss of life case.
This occurred barely a year-and-a-half after the girl’s marriage, information company YEARS reported, citing police. The girl’s uncle has accused the in-laws of bodily assaulting her earlier than allegedly throwing her from the terrace to make the loss of life seem unintended.
Husband and father-in-law arrested
Her husband and father-in-law had been taken into custody following a criticism by the girl’s household.
Authorities mentioned authorized formalities, together with an inquest and autopsy examination, are underway as investigators look at the circumstances surrounding her loss of life.
Her father alleged that she had been repeatedly harassed and tortured over dowry calls for since after her wedding ceremony. He visited the household earlier the identical day in an effort to resolve ongoing disputes, he claimed.
‘We discovered her lifeless’
“Simply yesterday, I went to their home and spoke with them. However half an hour after I left, I obtained a name from [father-in-law]who knowledgeable me that my daughter had fallen,” he advised ANI.
“I requested him, ‘Did she fall down the steps? Did she fall within the rest room?’ He replied, ‘She has fallen from the roof, and we’re at the moment taking her to Sharda Hospital.’ After we arrived on the hospital and noticed her, we discovered her lifeless. We instantly referred to as the police,” he added.
“Folks like this deserve nothing lower than encounter.”
“They advised us nothing; they merely mentioned that she had fallen and requested us to come back to Sharda Hospital,” the uncle claimed. “We additionally thought she might need suffered a standard damage. Now, after going there, we discovered that she is lifeless.”
“There are marks of bodily assault throughout her physique; there’s additionally a deep wound–likely inflicted by a blade, a screwdriver, or one thing comparable,” he claimed. “It’s a very deep wound. Thus, after beating her, they threw her down from the terrace in an try to painting the incident as an accident. The motive behind that is dowry,” he alleged.
Police haven’t confirmed the allegations made by the household and mentioned the precise reason for loss of life shall be decided after the autopsy report and additional investigation.
Bhopal dowry loss of life case
In a separate case, a 33-year-old Noida girl was discovered hanging at her marital dwelling in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal on Could 12. The household has now accused her husband and mother-in-law of dowry harassment and homicide.
Police mentioned the girl met a Bhopal-based lawyer by means of a courting app in 2024 and married him in December 2025 earlier than transferring to Bhopal’s Katara Hills space along with his household. Her kin alleged that she was sad within the marriage and had complained of harassment and bodily assault by her husband and in-laws shortly earlier than her loss of life.
Whereas police initially handled the case as a suspected suicide, an FIR associated to dowry loss of life and harassment was later registered in opposition to the husband and his mom following complaints from the household.
A six-member SIT has been shaped to research allegations of dowry harassment, assault and destruction of proof.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
