Woman found hanging in Bandipora
Parents say in-laws killed her
Mir TariqBandipora, Aug 19: A 24-year-old woman was found hanging in her house, here at Bandipora, triggering protests with her parents alleging that she was killed by in-laws and demanded probe.Daisy Jan, 24 wife of Mohammad Abbas Waza of Shatulipora, Shelvat, Bandipora was found hanging in her home on Monday evening. Her neighbours, who rushed to the house after coming to know about her death, said that they found Dazy hanging with a rope around her neckDazy's father, Ghulam Mahiudin Sofi and her family members alleged that she was tortured by in-laws for dowry. “I married my daughter Dazy to Muhammad Abass Waza son of Nazir Ahmed in October 2007,” Sofi said.“Soon after the marriage, her husband and in-laws started harassing her. They were asking her to bring dowry of Rs 3.50 lakhs. We fulfilled some of their demands but their list never stopped. They subjected Dazy to cruelty for not fulfilling their demands of dowry”, he alleged.Brother of the deceased lady, Mudasir told Rising Kashmir, “The in-laws were always harassing her. She was repeatedly beaten by husband for not bringing the dowry. They have killed her”.The father, brother and other family members of the lady accused Dazi’s in-laws of killing herParents and family members of deceased alleged that police is not taking the crime seriously. “We submitted an application to SHO Sumbal but police have not registered FIR against her in-laws for killing her,” said one of Dazy’s relatives, Ghulam Hassan.The brother of the deceased said that despite submitting medical report to the police, the officials have not registered an FIR.When contacted SHO Sumbal, Abdul Rashid told Rising Kashmir, “We have not received the medical report so far. FIR cannot be registered unless the medical report is received,” he said.“The post-mortem report is awaited,” he added.The family members of the deceased and the locals of the area staged demonstrations and asked police to register a dowry case against Dazy’s in-laws. They have demanded arrest of her in-laws and stern punishment to them.