Overview

• Ruby Chauhan, 25, died 15 days after giving birth to her daughter and her family alleges her husband Mukul strangled her and secretly cremated her body at the Ramganga ghat
• Mukul and his mother were arrested on murder charges at Dhampur police station and remain in custody
• Forensic teams have exhumed and collected cremated remains to establish the cause of Chauhan’s death
• Police have invoked dowry prohibition and gender-bias statutes in the formal murder probe
• This case follows a series of dowry- and gender-bias killings recently recorded across several Indian states, highlighting persistent son preference and in-law cruelty