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In a chilling incident, a woman died after being allegedly beaten brutally by her husband and in-laws using a hot iron in Uttar Pradesh's Aligharh, as per a report by NDTV.

As per the report, the accused pressed hot iron all over her body and her genitals. The woman identified as Sangeeta (32) was married for 10 years to Bunty Kumar. Her family has alleged that the accused used to beat her regularly as their dowry demands for a bullet motorcycle and a buffalo was not met.

However, the police have registered a case of murder and not the dowry death. Providing details, the officials said that Sangeeta was a resident of Banupura village in Aligarh district and had two boys.

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What did victim's mother say?

In her complaint, deceased's mother said that after a year into the marriage, Bunty and her family started demanding additional dowry, in form of a bullet motorcycle and a buffalo.

She alleged that Bunty used to beat her and threaten to kill her if she didn't get the said items. Officials said that on Tuesday Bunty, along with his parents and sisters started beating Sangeeta. They tortured her by pressing hot iron on her body, including the genital.

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Speaking about the incident, Circle Officer (Chharra) Dhananjay Singh said, "After we were informed, teams took custody of the body and sent it for a post-mortem. Since the post-mortem was not conclusive, the viscera has been preserved."

The family has been absconding since Sangeeta's death and the efforts were on to search and arrest them. The police found the house locked. The officials added that the viscera will be sent for further examination to ascertain the exact reason for the death.