Ghaziabad, May 14: A man has been arrested by the police for reportedly sharing his wife's intimate images and videos with his family and friends, as well as tormenting her over dowry in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Last month, the accused even threw her out of their Noida Extension home and demanded that she return with a Fortuner SUV car. The woman later filed a complaint with the Kavi Nagar police station, alleging that her husband and three of her in-laws had harassed her with dowry payments.

Since their marriage on December 3 of last year, the complainant claims that the accused and his family have been pressuring her for a Fortuner car. Uttar Pradesh Shocker: Man Assaults Woman With Axe Over Dowry Dispute in Ghaziabad, Horrifying Video Surfaces Online.

Accused Forced Victim to Eat Non-Vegetarian Food, Shared Her Private Pics

The victim claimed that her in-laws wanted a Fortuner, but her family offered a Tata Nexon and paid more than Rs 40 lakh for the dowry. The SUV is priced above Rs 30 lakh, and the woman's family stated that they cannot afford it.

The woman was reportedly subjected to threats and coercion by the accused, who attempted to induce her to eat non-vegetarian food and drink alcohol. The accused allegedly beat her mercifully when she refused. Furthermore, he recorded and shared private images and videos of the victim with his sister and a male friend. Dowry Death in Uttar Pradesh: Court Sentences Man, His Father to Life Imprisonment After Newly-Married Woman Strangulated to Death in Bulandshahr Three Years Ago.

Case Registered

A formal complaint was filed against the woman's husband and three of her in-laws in the matter under relevant sections of the Dowry Act, IPC Sections 498A (husband or relative of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and 506 (criminal intimidation), ACP Kavi Nagar Abhishek Srivastava told TOI.

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