New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- A harrowing case of dowry-related domestic violence has emerged from Madhya Pradesh, where a 23-year-old newly married woman was branded with a hot knife and brutally assaulted by her husband in Khargone district. The shocking incident comes just days after the murder of a young woman in Greater Noida who was allegedly set ablaze by her husband and in-laws over dowry demands.

The survivor, identified as Khushboo Pipaliya, told reporters that her husband, Dilip Pipaliya, allegedly heated a knife on a gas stove and pressed it against her body multiple times while in a drunken state on Sunday, reported Times of India and NDTV. She sustained severe burn injuries across her body.

But the ordeal did not end there. Accord...