The police have registered a case of dowry death and a search is on to arrest the accused.Greater Noida: In a dispute over dowry, a man killed his wife with an axe in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida, the police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Saturday night in the Gharbara village in Greater Noida’s Ecotech-1 area. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Vishal Pandey, Ravi married Kajal, a resident of sector-36 Greater Noida, in March this year. Since then, there was a dispute between the man and the woman over dowry. On Saturday, the accused slit the woman’s throat with an axe in the Ecotech-1 area.The police said they received the information about the incident on Sunday morning and arrested the man.Mr Pandey said the 22-year-old victim’s family members informed them that at the time of her marriage, they gave dowry more than they could afford. Still, after her marriage, her in-laws started harassing the woman for more cash and a motorbike. The woman informed her family about their demands, which resulted in a dispute between the accused and the victim.The police have sent the woman’s body for postmortem and have registered a case of dowry death against the man and his family members. The police said a search is on to arrest the other accused in the case, and further investigation is underway.
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