07-30-2007, 07:39 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dowry case slapped against Arjun Singh</b>
Arjun Singh's grandson Abhijeet married Priyanka, daughter of Kunwar Madhvendra Singh, scion of a royal family, who runs a booming business in Moradabad, a city known for its brassware. The marriage took place on February 6, 2006 and the same was registered in New Delhi on March 2, 2006.
Within a few months of the wedding, differences between Abhijeet and Priyanka cropped up and she returned to her parents home." My daughter was tortured and beaten black and blue by her husband and in-laws who used to demand more dowry. They were asking for a Mercedes Benz and a flat in New Delhi," Madhvendra Singh told The Pioneer.
"I am not that rich.<b> I had spent around Rs 50 lakh on the marriage</b>. I was not in a position to spend more money to meet their demands," he said.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Effort were made to save the marriage and a darbar was held at 17, Akbar Road - the official residence of Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh.</span>
<b>"Arjun Singh had asked me to bring my daughter back to her in-laws house. He had also assured that he would protect my daughter but nothing happened,"</b> the Kunwar said.
The Union Minister, however, denied in New Delhi of having been 'involved' with the wedding. "I was against this marriage but my views were ignored. I had not even attended it," Singh told reporters.
The girl's father argued that he had named the Union Minister as he had assured him of protecting his daughter Priyanka. "She was beaten black and blue even after the meeting called by Arjun Singh," he said.
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<b>Despite Kunwar Madhvendra Singh being a rich person with high connections, he had to run from pillar to post to lodge a case against his daughter's high-profile in-laws. After he failed to get a report lodged in the case for almost two months, he decided to move the court.
The ACJM of Chandausi on July 27 asked the police to register a case against Priyanka's in-laws.
The case was registered on July 30. No arrests have been made so far</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Arjun Singh's grandson Abhijeet married Priyanka, daughter of Kunwar Madhvendra Singh, scion of a royal family, who runs a booming business in Moradabad, a city known for its brassware. The marriage took place on February 6, 2006 and the same was registered in New Delhi on March 2, 2006.
Within a few months of the wedding, differences between Abhijeet and Priyanka cropped up and she returned to her parents home." My daughter was tortured and beaten black and blue by her husband and in-laws who used to demand more dowry. They were asking for a Mercedes Benz and a flat in New Delhi," Madhvendra Singh told The Pioneer.
"I am not that rich.<b> I had spent around Rs 50 lakh on the marriage</b>. I was not in a position to spend more money to meet their demands," he said.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Effort were made to save the marriage and a darbar was held at 17, Akbar Road - the official residence of Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh.</span>
<b>"Arjun Singh had asked me to bring my daughter back to her in-laws house. He had also assured that he would protect my daughter but nothing happened,"</b> the Kunwar said.
The Union Minister, however, denied in New Delhi of having been 'involved' with the wedding. "I was against this marriage but my views were ignored. I had not even attended it," Singh told reporters.
The girl's father argued that he had named the Union Minister as he had assured him of protecting his daughter Priyanka. "She was beaten black and blue even after the meeting called by Arjun Singh," he said.
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<b>Despite Kunwar Madhvendra Singh being a rich person with high connections, he had to run from pillar to post to lodge a case against his daughter's high-profile in-laws. After he failed to get a report lodged in the case for almost two months, he decided to move the court.
The ACJM of Chandausi on July 27 asked the police to register a case against Priyanka's in-laws.
The case was registered on July 30. No arrests have been made so far</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->