FAMILY ALLEGES DOWRY DEATH
CBI begins probe into Agra doc’s mysterious death
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Lucknow:31.01.2021
A CBI team from Lucknow special crime branch reached Agra on Saturday to collect documents related to the mysterious death of a doctor, Deepti Agarwal, who was allegedly killed by her in-laws for dowry on August 3 last year.
On the plea of the victim’s father, Dr Naresh Mangla, the Supreme Court had earlier handed over the investigation to CBI. Initiating probe, the probe agency lodged a fresh FIR under charges of dowry death, causing miscarriage without the woman’s consent, criminal intimidation and cruelty against Deepti’s husband Dr Sumit Agarwal, fatherin-law SC Agarwal, mother-in-law Anita Agarwal, brother-in-law Amit Agarwal and sister-in-law Tulika Agarwal.
Dr Mangla had accused his son-in-law and his family of murdering his daughter while the Agra police had claimed that Deepti committed suicide after being tortured for dowry.
Dr Mangla said Deepti suffered two miscarriages after which the couple adopted a girl child. He claimed Deepti was often harassed by her in-laws. “About 18-19 days before she was found hanging, she was assaulted by her inlaws for dowry,” he alleged.
Deepti, a resident of Tajganj in Agra, was married to Sumit on November 3, 2014.
After she was found hanging in her flat on August 3 last year, her husband claimed that he found her hanging in the room and had to break open the door which was locked from inside.
Deepti was taken to a hospital where she remained in coma till her death on August 7.
Mangla alleged that police only arrested Sumit who also secured anticipatory bail on September 29 from the high court. Later on October 24, police hastily filed a charge sheet.
Mangla, however, approached the Supreme Court demanding fresh investigation by the CBI.
“All the documents related to the case, including the post-mortem report, had to be taken from police for which a team was dispatched to Agra,” a CBI official said.
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