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Kanpur Police Probe Case Over Alleged Dowry Demand for Rs 30 Lakh or Wife’s Kidney

Police have opened an investigation into a Kanpur woman's complaint of dowry-linked pressure to donate a kidney.

Overview

  • Kanpur’s Chakeri police registered the case Tuesday, with senior officer Abhishek Pandey confirming an active investigation.
  • The complainant says she married Nishant Kumar on June 22, 2023, and her family gave jewellery, Rs 8 lakh in cash, and a Mahindra Thar as wedding gifts.
  • She reports finding a hidden file in April 2024 that showed her husband had kidney failure due to addiction and had been on dialysis since 2022.
  • After that discovery, she alleges her in-laws told her to either donate a kidney to her husband or arrange Rs 30 lakh.
  • Her complaint also cites lack of intimacy, a mother-in-law sleeping between the couple, a father-in-law taking photos without consent, and seizure of her jewellery, and she says she left the Lucknow home on October 11, 2024.