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Updated: Oct 01, 2018 14:19 IST

A 25-year-old woman was allegedly burnt to death by her husband and in-laws over dowry dispute at Nagla Jasoi village in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Monday.

Parul was set on fire on Sunday and was declared dead at a hospital.

According to a complaint filed by her father, Parul’s husband and in-laws had been harassed her for failing to fulfil their demand for a car in dowry.

A case has been registered against her husband Vijay Kumar, father-in-law Vinod, mother-in-law Rekha and brother-in-law Chottu. All the accused are on the run, the police said.

Parul got married to Vijay Kumar one-and-a-half years ago.

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