A woman was allegedly strangled to death by her in-laws over dowry at Galibpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said Tuesday.
Two of the five accused were arrested, they said.
Mursalima was allegedly killed by her in-laws on Monday at their house, police said.
They added that a case had been registered against the woman's husband Javed, father-in-law Pappu, her two mother-in-laws Mursaleen and Imrana and brother-in-law Parvez.
The husband and the father-in-law of the woman had been arrested after the post-mortem examination confirmed strangulation, police said.
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