HYDERABAD: The Narayanguda police have booked a case under the Dowry Prohibition Act against the husband and in-laws of Harsha Agarwal (24) who died under suspicious circumstances in her husband Gopal Agarwal's house in Himayatnagar on Saturday.

Additional dowry

The case was registered after Harsha's father Pratap Kumar Agarwal lodged a complaint with the police alleging that Gopal strangulated Harsha to death. Gopal, according to Mr. Agarwal, was harassing Harsha for an additional dowry of Rs.5 lakhs since their marriage in 1999. Mr. Agarwal, in a statement to the media here on Sunday, said he had given Rs. 15 lakhs, including dowry and household articles to Gopal at the time of marriage and that Gopal was harassing his daughter "using foul language and manhandling her" for the additional dowry.

Phone call

Mr. Agarwal said he had received a phone call from Gopal on Saturday saying that his daughter had hanged herself, following which he lodged the complaint with the police.

The case has been handed over to the Abids ACP for investigation after a case under various sections of the Dowry Act was registered, police said.

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