Kamal Kumar Biswas.TOD.Balurghat
Nearly 12 years after a young bride was found hanging at her in-laws’ home, a district court in Balurghat on Friday convicted her husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law in a case involving allegations of dowry-related abuse and murder.The woman’s body was recovered in October 2014 from her in-laws’ residence in Munail village of Rajarampur, in Balurghat block. According to the allegations, she had been subjected to abuse over demands for dowry, killed and then hanged to make the death appear as suicide.
Following the incident, a complaint was lodged at Balurghat police station against the woman’s husband, Santu Barman, her mother-in-law, Renubala Barman, and her father-in-law, Sauren Barman.On Friday, Anindita Gangopadhyay, judge of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Second Court, at Balurghat District Court, found all three accused guilty.Public prosecutor Sudip Kumar Raychowdhury said the case had remained pending for years and that the accused had been out on bail during the proceedings.The court is scheduled to pronounce the sentences on Sept. 15.
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