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Crime
21-Year-Old Newlywed Found Hanged in Muzaffarpur; Family Accuses In-Laws of Dowry Murder
✍️ Amar Ujala · Muzaffarpur
🗓 06 Nov 2026, 08:02 PM
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Pinki Kumari, 21, was discovered hanging in a room in Saraiya, Muzaffarpur, six months after her marriage. Her natal family alleges the husband and his relatives killed her over a bike, gold bracelet and cash.
Police on Tuesday recovered the body of 21-year-old Pinki Kumari from a room in Saraiya, Muzaffarpur, where she was found hanging from a makeshift trap. The young woman had been married for only six months at the time of her death.
Members of her natal family have lodged a formal complaint accusing her husband and members of his family of murdering her to obtain dowry items, specifically a motorcycle, a gold bracelet and a sum of cash.
Investigators have taken statements from the relatives and have begun forensic examinations of the scene. The case has been registered as a suspicious death, and the police have detained the accused pending further inquiry.
Dowry-related violence remains a serious concern in Bihar, and authorities have warned that any evidence of such motives will be pursued under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Dowry Prohibition Act.
Members of her natal family have lodged a formal complaint accusing her husband and members of his family of murdering her to obtain dowry items, specifically a motorcycle, a gold bracelet and a sum of cash.
Investigators have taken statements from the relatives and have begun forensic examinations of the scene. The case has been registered as a suspicious death, and the police have detained the accused pending further inquiry.
Dowry-related violence remains a serious concern in Bihar, and authorities have warned that any evidence of such motives will be pursued under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Dowry Prohibition Act.