'Death by dowry' claim by bereaved Indian family | Amrit Dhillon
by Amrit Dhillon from World news | The Guardian on (#3V361)
Reported suicide is alleged to be part of alarming trend that sees 20 women die every day as a result of harassment over a dowry - either murdered, or compelled to take their own lives
Before leaving Delhi for a work trip earlier this year, a man paid a visit to his local police station. He was so afraid his daughter's life was in danger that he wrote a letter, which he left with the police. In it, he accused his son-in-law and his relatives of abusing and tormenting her over their demands for dowry.
If anything happens, he wrote, then this family are responsible.
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