UP: BJP Politician Booked For Harassing Wife Over Dowry; Wanted A Car

Police stated on Wednesday that a Bharatiya Janta Party politician had been arrested in Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of dowry harassment and assaulting his wife. According to Badaun Additional Superintendent of Police Praveen Singh Chauhan, BJP leader Atif Nizami has a case filed against him at the Sadar Kotwali Police Station for allegedly assaulting his wife.

In her police report, Kahkashan Fatima, the wife of Nizami, the regional vice president of the BJP Minority Cell, alleged that Nizami had abused her because she had not received a car as dowry.

BJP Leader Atif Nizami Booked For Dowry Harassment

She also accused Rafat Jahan, alias Meena, the mother of Nizami, of harassment. The woman claimed that on June 27 over the same matter, she had been severely battered, leaving her with major wounds.

After the incident on June 27, according to Fatima, she submitted a police report. The police looked into the complaint, and now an FIR has been filed as a result of their investigation.

Fatima, who is receiving treatment at the local hospital, also charged that political pressure prevented the police from taking appropriate action against her husband. She urged the higher officials to take action against the incompetent staff.

The accusations have been explicitly refuted by Nizami. According to Chauhan, the investigation's findings will be used to determine the proper course of action in court.

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In a case from April, the Madhya Pradesh police opened an investigation against a 38-year-old Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer after his wife, who is also a government employee, filed a complaint alleging that he and his family members had harassed her for dowry. The IAS officer was charged with violating Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (willfully causing harm), 506 (husband or relative of the husband subjecting a woman to cruelty), and 498A (subjecting a woman to cruelty) (criminal intimidation).