Police Constable booked by High Grounds police for harrasing his newly married wife for dowry

Pramesh S Jain 

The High grounds police on Wednesday registered an FIR against a Police Constable for harassing his newly married wife for dowry .

Based on complaint filed by Rekha,the High grounds police charged Manoj S under Dowry prohibition act and also under section 115 (hurt) and section 85 (cruelty against woman by her husband) of BNS for further investigation.

According to the complainant,the victim met Manoj at the Seshadripuram police station where he was working in 2024.She had gone to get some work done related to the accidental death of her first husband.

Manoj took her number and started chatting with her before he proposed to marry her despite she is widow a having two children.

The duo got married in August last year in a temple at Nanjangudu and also got the marriage registered at Seshadripuram sub registrar office.

The family of Suresh started to harass her following which the couple moved to police quarters in Vasanthnagar to live .

Few months alter the victim realized Manoj was behaving indifferently and fight with her over trivial row. the victim realized that Manoj was having extra marital affairs and when she objected he started abusing her physically and verbally and started demanding dowry .

He even assaulted her physically and fractured her arm, Unable to bear the harassment,the victim approached the police and filed a complaint .