A newly married woman has accused her father-in-law of raping her after her new family were unhappy with a small dowry.
The victim alleges her elder sister-in-law poisoned her with spiked milk before filming the attack.
The bride, from the city of Ambala in north west India, threatened to report the alleged incident to the police.
When the bride threatened to report the rape to police, the attackers threatened to make the video go viral online. The father in law was reportedly unhappy with the bride’s dowry, a gift given to the groom’s family for marriage (File Photo)
When she did, both of the accused are alleged to have threatened to make the video go viral online.
The bride filed a complaint with the local police station in Ambala, India on September 12.
She married the son of the accused earlier this year in February.
Her in-laws were not happy with the dowry given to them when she married.
A dowry is when the bride’s family gives the groom’s family a gift upon marriage.
The system was used in medieval Europe but the practice is said to be common in India’s rural communities.
The city of Patiala, in Punjab, India, above, has a population of 40,000 people, where the alleged attackers came from. The bride filed a complaint with the local police station 30 miles away in Ambala, India, last week on September 12 (File Photo)
The alleged attackers lived in city of Patiala, in Punjab, north west India, around 30 miles from the bride’s home in Ambala, India.
A police spokesman told The Times of India: “We have registered a case against the father-in-law and sister-in-law under sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 376 (punishment for rape), 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) and 498 (enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman) of the Indian Penal Code.
“We have initiated the investigation into this case, but so far no arrests have been made.”
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