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Kanpur Father-in-Law Held After Video Shows Assault Over Alleged Dowry Demands

Public pressure forced a formal case in a dowry abuse complaint that police had not acted on at first.

Overview

  • Video from Kanpur’s Chakeri area shows an elderly man dragging and beating his daughter-in-law outside a house as she cries for help.
  • Kanpur Police said they filed an FIR at Chakeri Police Station and arrested one accused after the clip spread online.
  • Local reports identify the arrested man as Sushil Dubey of Anand Nagar and the woman as Meenakshi Pandey from Prayagraj.
  • The woman alleges years of dowry demands for 2 bigha of land and Rs 20 lakh and says relatives joined the harassment as her five-year-old daughter watched.
  • A second clip shows her claiming unlawful confinement and injuries, which investigators are now reviewing as public outrage pushes a wider probe into dowry violence.