Newly-wed spouse ruthlessly battered for not bringing dowry

SARLAHI: A newly-wed spouse has been mercilessly beaten up in Sarlahi for not bringing gas stove and cylinder as dowry. Her husband and family members had indiscriminately battered her on the dowry-related issues.

Amrita Kumari Saha, 21, daughter of Ramashraya Saha of Samsi rural municipality-6 in Mahottari was married to 24-year-old Jog Narayan Saha of Haripurwa municipality-2 in Sarlahi on last April 26.