VARANASI: A case under the Dowry Act and domestic violence was lodged against the dismissed vice-chancellor of Manipur University Professor Adya Prasad Pandey, his wife and former Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Veena Pandey, and their two sons on the complaint of his daughter-in-law on Thursday.
Inspector, Lanka, Mahesh Pandey said that on the complaint of Neha Pandey, an FIR against her father-in-law Adya Prasad Pandey, mother-in-law Veena Pandey, husband Dr Shivesh Pandey and brother-in-law Dr Nilesh Pandey has been lodged under section 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 504 (intentional insult)), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 313 (causing miscarriage without consent of woman) of IPC, section 3 and 4 of dowry prohibition act at Lanka police station.
The police said that the complainant alleged that she was married to Shivesh in February 2014 and since then she was being tortured by her mother-in-law for not fulfilling her demand of gifting a vehicle worth Rs 25 lakh to Shivesh and a motorcycle to her brother-in-law.
She said in her complaint that her father had given Rs 10 lakh and a motorcycle to the bridegroom. She further alleged that she also suffered two miscarriages due to continuous torturing.
The inspector said that investigation in this case had been started.
Adya Prasad Pandey, a professor of economics in Banaras Hindu University, had been appointed as vice-chancellor of Manipur University on October 26, 2016 but he was placed under suspension in 2018 after violent protests erupted on the campus, which led to the prolonged shutdown of the university. Later, on the charges of irregularities, he was dismissed in February.