Dowry case
The Katargam police have begun interrogating three persons of a family after a woman approached the police with a complaint of physical and mental torture and demands of dowry. Jyoti Chittewar approached the Katargam police on Saturday night stating that she was being harassed by her husband Vinod, father-in-law Sudhakar and brother-in-law Jana Chittewar. She said they had demanded dowry from her and threatened to slit her throat if she did not get the money. The Katargam police arrested the three from their residence at Shivajinagar slum in the afternoon. A case under sections 498(a) and 506 as well as sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Act has been registered.

Dead
22 year old Sangeeta Asik Patel, a resident of Vijayanagar Society of Udhna, died late on Saturday in the Maskati hospital where she was admitted on February 3, according to the police. Sangeeta was found in an unconscious state by her father and rushed her to the hospital, where she died during treatment. The police have registered a case under CrPC 174 and are investigating further. Sangeetaben had been married for about a year and a half and has a seven-month-old baby boy.