Excise officer harassed by husband, in-laws for dowry

Vadodara: A travel businessman and his parents were booked for harassing the former’s wife, who works as a sub-inspector in the excise department, for dowry.
Sunita Meghani alleged that her husband Nilesh and in-laws have been harassing her since her marriage a year ago. She alleged that they would demand money from her and force her to take personal loan or credit card in her name. As harassment continued even during lockdown, Meghani called her brother, who works as a home guard jawan, to her house on Waghodiya Road to pick her up.
Meghani told police that as her brother Sagar Rathod reached her house along with her parents, Nilesh rushed out and beat him up. However, Meghani could manage to leave her husband’s house and go with her parents and brother. Later, she lodged an offence of cruelty to woman, assault and under Dowry Prohibition Act at Panigate police station. Cops said Nilesh too registered a complaint of assault against Rathod.