IPS officer, family booked for 'dowry harassment' after complaint by doctor wife

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An FIR has been registered against a Karnataka-cadre IPS serviceman and six others connected charges of dowry harassment, home unit and different offences. The ailment was lodged by his wife, who is simply a doc based successful Noida, constabulary said connected Saturday (October 18, 2025).

According to officials, the ailment was filed by Kriti Singh, a nonmigratory of Sector 128 successful Noida, against her hubby Shivanshu Rajput, a 2019-batch IPS serviceman posted successful Bengaluru, on with his father, mother, brother, sister-in-law and 2 friends.

"The FIR has been registered nether Sections 85, 115(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5), and 316(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, arsenic good arsenic Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961," Bhupendra Kumar, Station In-charge of Sector 126 Police Station, told PTI.

In her 41-page ailment filed connected October 16, Ms. Singh alleged that she was subjected to dowry demands and carnal arsenic good arsenic intelligence harassment since her matrimony successful December 2021, which took spot astatine a five-star edifice successful Agra. The mates has a one-and-a-half-year-old son.

She claimed her household spent implicit ₹2 crore connected the wedding, including jewellery and different expenses, but her in-laws continued to request much dowry. The ailment further alleged that the IPS serviceman had relationships with different women and threatened to wantonness her erstwhile confronted.

"The probe is underway and statements of the complainant and accused volition beryllium recorded soon," the Station in-charge added.

Published - October 18, 2025 12:28 p.m. IST

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