AGRA: A 25-year-old

was allegedly given instant

by her husband after she objected to

by her father-in-law.

Hailing from Kuchadayam Khan Kasba in Etah, the victim married a resident of Gandhi Nagar in

in April 2017.

In a police complaint, the woman alleged that her husband and in-laws started harassing her for dowry soon after marriage. The complainant said, “They started pressuring me for a car and Rs 1 lakh in cash as soon as we got married. They even tortured me mentally and physically. However, things became murkier when my father-in-law tried to molest me when I was alone at home.” “I confronted him in front of my entire family but instead of supporting me, my husband snubbed me and said that I will have to follow my father-in-law’s orders. When I refused to do so, he threw me out of his house along with my infant and pronounced instant triple talaq,” she added.

Based on the woman’s complaint,

police of Etah district lodged a case against five persons, including the victim’s husband, under IPC sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

Aliganj circle officer Ajay Bhadauria said, “The allegations levied by the woman against her husband and other relatives, especially her father-in-law, are serious in nature. We are investigating the matter and have not included the sections of the new triple talaq law at present.”