Overview

• Rampur District Police booked Sanju under Section 151 after a video showed him hanging his eight-month-old son upside down to pressure his wife’s family for Rs 2 lakh and a car.
• Officers referred the couple to a local counseling center as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged dowry demands.
• The child’s mother, Suman, filed a formal complaint accusing her husband of torturing their infant to coerce her relatives.
• Medical examiners confirmed the baby suffered a dislocated hip during the incident and is receiving care at a nearby clinic.
• The viral footage triggered widespread public outrage and accelerated law enforcement action against dowry-driven abuse.