Housewife lodges dowry harassment complaint against ‘pervert’ husband in Hyd

HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old woman lodged a complaint with the Shamshabad police against her husband and in-laws after he threatened her that she would have to sleep with his friend if she failed to bring additional dowry.

Police arrested the accused, who had sent some intimate videos with his wife to a friend. He had threatened that he would make the videos viral on social media if she did not oblige. In her complaint the victim alleged that when she approached her in-laws, they asked her to go by what her husband was insisting.

The complainant said that when they got married in 2016, her parents had given Rs. 5 lakh and nine tola gold ornaments as dowry. Her husband stopped working and became an alcoholic and started harassing her for more money, she said.

After she lodged a complaint, she was counselled by women police officers. A case under Dowry Prevention Act, domestic violence, and blackmailing was registered against the husband.