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Dowry death case registered

By City Correspondent

GUWAHATI, Nov 22 - A dowry death case was registered at the Noonmati police station today after a woman died under mysterious circumstances at the house of her in-laws at Kaminir Bhita in Goalpara district today.

The mother of the victim who is a resident of Mathgharia area of the city lodged the FIR.

A source in the police said that the case was registered under Sections 304 (B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The victim�s mother stated in the FIR that the husband and her daughter�s in-laws had been torturing her daughter since the last two months demanding dowry and when she refused to entertain their illegitimate demands, they set her on fire yesterday. �She was brought to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital where she succumbed to her burn injuries today�, she further stated in the FIR.

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