Muzaffarnagar (UP): Two women were allegedly poisoned to death by their respective in-laws in two separate incidents here, police said on Thursday.
Ritu (30) was poisoned by her in-laws over a dowry demand in the Police Line area Wednesday.
A case has been registered against her husband Ankit (26) and father-in-law, who are both absconding, the police said.
The body of the victim has been sent for a post-mortem and a probe is on.
According to a complaint lodged by Ritu's father, Sukhpal, her in-laws were demanding more dowry from the family.
When the demand was not met, Ritu was killed. She married Ankit in November 2013.
In a separate incident, 23-year-old Pinki was allegedly poisoned to death by Parveen, her husband, over a dowry dispute at Pichokra village in Shamli district on Wednesday,
police said.
The police has arrested Parveen and a case has been registered against him.
Her family has alleged in the complaint that she was harassed for dowry by her in-laws, and later murdered by her husband.
The husband, whom she married a year ago, has denied the allegation against him. The body has been sent for a post-mortem.
