A 20-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide here Tuesday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Kunti. Her brother Ravindra Kumar has alleged Kunti's husband and mother-in-law had killed her for dowry, police said.
Based on Kumar's police complaint, Kunti's husband Pankaj was arrested and her mother-in-law Sridevi was booked under Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, they said.
Kunti married Pankaj, 25, on May 25 this year in Mainpuri district. The two moved to Noida recently. The family was living at Garhi Chaukhandi village, under Phase 3 Police Station limits, police said.
"Her in-laws were not satisfied with whatever we gave them (at the time of marriage). Ever since the wedding, they were harassing and assaulting Kunti for dowry," Kumar said in the complaint.
Kumar claimed his family more than once tried to negotiate peace with Kunti's in-laws, but they did not consider the requests.
"Around 4 am today, Pankaj and Sridevi hung Kunti with a rope," he alleged. The police have registered a first information report (FIR) in the case at Phase 3 station.
Charges under sections 3 and 4 (both relating to giving and demanding dowry) of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 have been invoked against the accused mother-son duo, police said.
They have also been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 498A (husband or relative subjecting woman to cruelty) and 304B (dowry death), police added.
Pankaj has been arrested and further probe is underway, a senior police officer said. Circle Officer, Noida City 3, Rajeev Kumar said, "We are waiting for the post-mortem report which will help us zero in on the cause of death.
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