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Bhabhua : Police recovered body of a married woman hanging from a ceiling fan at her house at village  at Babhaniaw under Chand police station  (PS) in Kaimur District on June 16, 2021, and brought it over to Bhabhua Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.

The deceased was identified as Ishrat Khatoon, wife of Mubarak Ansari of Babhaniaw village. An FIR was lodged with Chand PS against her in-laws on the statement of her father alleging that she was killed for dowry and the body was hanged to the ceiling fan to give it a colour of suicide. Police are investigating the matter.

The SHO,  Chand PS, quoting the FIR, said that a resident of Bhabhua Ward No 9 Aslam Ansari married off his daughter Ishrat Khatoon to Mubarak Ansari of Babniaw village under Chand police station seven years ago but her husband soon started torturing her for more dowry. Meanwhile, she was blessed with two children with her father extending all financial help. Her husband always thrashed her and allegedly wanted to capture his father-in-law’ property, the FIR said. Ishrat Khatoon had wished to come to her father and her brother was to go to Babhniaw to bring her but in the meantime she was killed.