<p>Palghar: Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district have arrested a woman’s husband and stepson for allegedly killing her over dowry when she was eight months pregnant, an official said on Friday.</p><p>The victim was married to Nallasopara resident Jayprakash Amarnath Dubey (40), who has a son from an earlier marriage.</p><p>Jayprakash would often come home drunk and beat his wife saying her family had not given any dowry, the official said citing the FIR.</p>.Man stalks social media executive for seven months in Mumbai; booked.<p>Jayprakash and his son Sachin (20) allegedly force-fed the woman some liquid on April 7 when she was eight months pregnant, resulting in the death of her unborn child.</p><p>Senior inspector Rahul Rakha of the Central Crime Unit of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar Police said cops had then arrested Jayprakash, who subsequently secured bail, but Sachin remained at large.</p><p>The woman who was being treated at a hospital after the incident died on July 2, prompting the police to seek cancellation of Jayprakash’s bail.</p><p>However, he too had gone underground by then, said the official.</p><p>Acting on various inputs, police tracked down the father-son duo and took them into custody from Nallasopara on July 16, the official said, adding that both have been booked for murder.</p>
<p>Palghar: Police in Maharashtra’s Palghar district have arrested a woman’s husband and stepson for allegedly killing her over dowry when she was eight months pregnant, an official said on Friday.</p><p>The victim was married to Nallasopara resident Jayprakash Amarnath Dubey (40), who has a son from an earlier marriage.</p><p>Jayprakash would often come home drunk and beat his wife saying her family had not given any dowry, the official said citing the FIR.</p>.Man stalks social media executive for seven months in Mumbai; booked.<p>Jayprakash and his son Sachin (20) allegedly force-fed the woman some liquid on April 7 when she was eight months pregnant, resulting in the death of her unborn child.</p><p>Senior inspector Rahul Rakha of the Central Crime Unit of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar Police said cops had then arrested Jayprakash, who subsequently secured bail, but Sachin remained at large.</p><p>The woman who was being treated at a hospital after the incident died on July 2, prompting the police to seek cancellation of Jayprakash’s bail.</p><p>However, he too had gone underground by then, said the official.</p><p>Acting on various inputs, police tracked down the father-son duo and took them into custody from Nallasopara on July 16, the official said, adding that both have been booked for murder.</p>