IAS officer, kin booked for Merc demand

MUKTSAR: A criminal case case was registered on Sunday against an IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, his parents and younger brother for demanding a Mercedes in dowry, showing cruelty to his wife and attempt to outrage her modesty. The police acted on the complaint of Dr Preet Inder Kaur, a Muktsar resident posted as medical officer at a rural hospital, Bhagsar, near here. She was married to Ravneet Singh, a 2005-batch officer - posted as assistant commissioner, Bidar in Karnataka - on March 24, 2007. In a complaint to Muktsar police, the doctor alleged that despite her father, a reputed doctor of Muktsar, spending over Rs 60 lakh on her wedding, she was harassed since the first day of her marriage for not bringing a Mercedes as as part of dowry. When she declined to meet the demand, her husband never had conjugal relations with her, she alleged. The doctor has also accused the younger brother of the bureaucrat who belongs to Hoshiarpur of attempting to outrage her modesty. According to her, her marriage was solemnized at Zirakpur, near Chandigarh, and besides jewellery and diamonds worth Rs 15 lakh, Rs 20 lakh in cash was given as dowry to her in-laws at the time of marriage. When I declined to meet their demand of a Mercedes, my husband got annoyed and left for Bidar 15 days after we tied the knot, the doctor alleged. She alleged she was subjected to all sorts of harassment at her in-laws' house and even her brother-in-law attempted to outrage her modesty. On August 16, 2007, my husband left me with my parents in Muktsar and never returned, she stated in a complaint to the police. The officer's father rubbished the charges, saying, The allegations are a bundle of lies to tarnish the image of my family and my son. There was never a demand for dowry. Rather my son was subjected to mental harassment by his wife.

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