Hyderabad: The Madhapur police have booked an attempt to murder case among other Sections against a police constable of Jagadgirigutta on Friday evening, following his constant dowry harassment and death threats to his wife. On Thursday, he came home drunk and demanded additional dowry and tried to slit her throat with a knife. The woman in a bid to save herself covered her face with her hand and got a cut on her right palm. Her brother lodged a complaint with the police and the cop was taken into custody.
According to the police, Haseena Banu married Shaikh Waleeh Pasha, in 2002 and the couple has four kids. “We had a happy married life and all was well until 2014. He then started harassing me by demanding additional dowry and body shaming me saying that I don’t look beautiful anymore. He started coming home drunk and threatened me several times with a knife,” said the victim, adding that the torture never stopped. “He used to harass her every day and was counselled several times by the officials in my sister’s native place, Kurnool,” said her elder brother Mahbub Pasha, a techie from Hyderabad.
“My sister constantly complained about his behaviour and used to lock herself in the bathroom to avoid arguments,” he said. A case was booked under Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 307 (attempt to murder), 498A (Husband/relative of husband subjecting her to cruelty), 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC and Sections of Dowry Prohibition Act, said K. Manmadha Rao, the investigating officer.
