Ludhiana: 12 booked in 8 cases of dowry harassment

Cases were lodged after couples failed to reach a compromise during a marital dispute redressal camp

Police have booked 12 people on charges of dowry harassment in eight cases.

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In the first incident, a case was registered against Inderpal Singh, a resident of MIG Flats, Sector 32, on the complaint of Khushpreet Kaur. The woman said she married to Inderpal in March last year and soon after he started harassing her for dowry. In another case, Harjap Singh, his mother Satpal Kaur and father Didar Singh, all residents of Pratap Enclave, New Delhi were booked for dowry harassment on the complaint of Kulwinder Kaur.

The third case was registered against Kuldeep Singh and his mother Bhabri, hailing from Sangha village in Haryana, on the complaint of one Pooja.

In another incident, police booked Ankush Ralahan and his mother Chandra Prabha, residents of Salem Tabri, on the complaint of Deepakmal Kaur.

A was registered against Hazur Singh, a resident of street number 1 of Gautam Colony of Rahon Road, on the complaint of Mamta Rani. They had married on January 16, 2017.

In yet another case, Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Chhabra Colony Phase-4, was booked on the complaint of Sukhninder Kaur, a resident of street number 3 of Shimlapuri. Both were married on 29 November 2015.

Bhawanjeet Singh, a resident of Sahibana village and Kuldeep Kaur, a resident of Bhamian village were booked on the complaint of Ramandeep Kaur. The police registered a case against Dinesh Sehgal, a resident of Panchkula Sector 21, on the complaint of Priya.

In all the , the women had levelled allegations of domestic violence against their husbands. The cases were registered after the couples failed to reach a compromise during a marital dispute redressal camp . The accused were booked under Sections 406 (breach of trust) and 498-A (harassment) of IPC.