Wife dead, man held on dowry charges in Patna

PATNA: A 30-year-old man was arrested in Patna after his wife was found dead at their home in Shivpuri under Shastri Nagar police station area on Thursday. The couple, Manish Kumar and Anita Devi, were marred in 2017.
Shastri Nagar SHO Vimlendu said, “An FIR for dowry death was lodged against Manish and his parents on the basis of a statement recorded by the 25-year-old woman’s father Mangleshwar Kumar Rai.” The deceased was originally from Naubatpur in western Patna.
The SHO added, “ The girl’s father reached Shivpuri in the wee hours of Thursday after someone informed him that her daughter’s condition was not good. Rai found his daughter lying dead inside a room where she lived with her husband. A ligature mark was seen around her neck creating a strong suspicion that she may have been strangulated to death.”
Vimlendu further said the father had alleged that Anita was being pressured by her husband and in-laws for a sports bike and around Rs 5 lakh and was tortured for it and was allegedly killed for the same reason.
The SHO said the couple have a one-and-half-year-old girl child. “The body was handed over to Rai after post-mortem and further investigation were on in the case,” he added.