Arun Lata Sharma
Sitamarhi: Nilam Devi, 22, died under mysterious circumstanes at her in-laws’ place at village Nimahi under Bajpatti police Station in Sitamarhi district on November 19, 2017. The body was cremated in hurry by her in- laws without informing her parents.
The deceased’s mother Shail Devi, a native of village Jogiara in Darbhanga district, has charged Nilam’s husband Virendra Ram and three in-laws with killing her daughter after their demand for a motorbike in dowry was not fulfilled. She was married two years back and ever since tortured for dowry. Police have arrested two in-laws of the deceased and search is underway for remaining accused.