A 25-year-old woman died at Deep Nursing Home in Model Town, after she reportedly “collapsed” in the hospital bathroom, on Friday morning. She had given birth to a baby girl two days ago.

Neha was married to Vineet Arora two years ago and was being harassed for dowry, her parents claimed.

Neha’s father Ramesh Mago, a resident of New Professor Colony at Barewal Road, alleged that she was constantly being pressurised by her in-laws with demands for money to run their Focal Point factory.

The police have booked the deceased’s husband Vineet Arora, brother-in-law Puneet Arora, father-in-law Jaipal Arora and mother-in-law Raj Rani on charges of dowry harassment.

“I bought them a Maruti Swift, but they started asking for a bigger car. A few days ago, the family demanded Rs 5 lakh and threatened my daughter,” said Mago.

It was also alleged that Neha’s in-laws had suffered huge losses in the share market and were making demands from her parents to make up for the loss. “Also, they were not happy over the birth of a girl child as they had been misbehaving with us ever since,” said Mago. Angry relatives of the deceased broke the windows of Aroras’ house opposite the Bharat Nagar post office and camped outside for most part of the day. The accused, however, fled sensing things may go out of hand.

A large number of people, meanwhile, gathered outside Mago’s house to offer condolences. BJP state president Professor Rajinder Bhandari, too, paid a visit.

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