Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 4: Family members of a woman, who was found hanging at the residence of her in-laws here at Sidhra area of the District yesterday, staged a demonstration by blocking the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
They alleged that their daughter, Priya Chib, 27, was murdered by her in-laws for the want of dowry and later her murder was projected as a case of hanging. They demanded that the accused be punished in the matter.
The agitators gathered at the Jammu-Pathankot Highway at Sidhra area of the District and blocked the ever-busy road for traffic for around 2 hours. Later, they also barged into the residence of her in-laws and allegedly vandalised the goods already given to the woman in dowry.
Followed by this, the relatives of the woman resorted to sloganeering at the highway by setting ablaze some of the dowry items there.
After hectic efforts, police pacified the protestors and cleared the highway with the help of water cannons.
A team of Nagrota Police led by SDPO Nagrota Aakash Kohli, and SHO Nagrota, Vishav Partap Singh, along with other officers also quizzed several individuals in connection with the death of the woman.
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