The Sadar police detained a man following unnatural death of his spouse after the latter's family alleged that she was killed by her husband and in –laws due to nonfulfillment of dowry demands.
The victim , Ambika Saw (19), whose marriage was solemnized in May last with Gouranga Saw of Bhimpur village under Rasalpur panchayat was missing since Monday morning according her in –laws statements . They , later on, found her body floating in their pond.
While the in-laws maintained that she committed suicide, her parents alleged that she was strangled to death by her in –laws due to dowry and then they dumped the body in the pond in a bid to give colour of suicide to the murder case.
Surendra Ojha of Bajana village under Soro police station alleging that her daughter was killed lodged an FIR with police.
Gouranga said that there was an altercation between him and his spouse over buying a mobile phone on Sunday night.
