Overview

• The victim, 23-year-old Khushboo Pipliya of Anjar, alleges her husband tied her up, burned her with a heated knife, and forced the blade into her mouth.
• She says the attack in Khargone followed unmet dowry demands and months of hostility since their February marriage, with the husband allegedly intoxicated during the assault.
• According to her statement, he beat her, dragged her into the kitchen, tied her hands and feet, and pressed an object resembling a gun to her head before burning her.
• She escaped around 4:30 a.m., borrowed a household worker’s phone to call her family, and was taken to the district hospital in Awarkachh for treatment.
• Police say the hospital notified them, a case has been registered at Mengaon, statements are being recorded, and the family reports threats as they seek strict action.