India, Aug. 26 -- A 23-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone narrowly escaped a fatal end after her husband allegedly tied her up over dowry, tortured her and put a heated knife into her mouth when she cried in pain.

The man allegedly burned his wife, in an intoxicated state, with a hot knife across her torso, arms, and legs, leaving her with multiple severe burn marks, according to an indiatoday.in report.

This incident comes close on the heels of the alleged Greater Noida dowry death case, in which a 28-year-old woman died of burn injuries after allegedly being set a fire by her husband and in-laws on August 21.

According to the victim in the Khargone case, Khushboo Pipliya, the assault followed her failure to meet her the dowr...