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20 dowry deaths a day, but conviction for 1 in 6—a tale of evidentiary hurdles, delayed trials, apathy
NCRB data pegs conviction rate in cases of dowry-related violence at 11-17%. Experts say the low rates are rooted in a mix of ...
A young Indian woman was allegedly set on fire by her husband in front of their son after years of abuse over her dowry.
The taking and giving of dowries is banned. Yet an average of 20 women die every day of dowry-related violence.
Recently, a 26-year-old woman in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, was burnt alive over dowry—her five-year-old son stood helplessly as a witness to the crime. In Jodhpur, a schoolteacher, driven to ...
Every year, between 2017 and 2022, an average of 7,000 cases of dowry deaths were reported across India, according to the country’s National Crime Records Bureau.
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