Ludhiana, May 10 -- An assistant sub-inspector posted in Rupnagar and his son have been booked on charges of dowry harassment, criminal intimidation and misappropriation of dowry articles following a complaint filed by a city resident.

The FIR was registered under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 498-A(cruelty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC against ASI Mahinder Singh and his son Gurjit Singh, who is settled in New Zealand, at the women police station in Ludhiana.

According to the complaint filed by Sudarshan Kumar, a resident of New Janta Nagar, his daughter Ritu Chauhan was married to Gurjit Singh on February 14, 2024, in Rupnagar.

The complainant alleged that although the family had assured before marriage that n...