RAJKOT: A police head constable was held in Rajkot on Tuesday after his wife lodged a complaint against him accusing him of attempting to kill her with a gun and demanding a dowry.
According to police, Pragna Gadhvi (34), a resident of Raghu Nandan Society in Popatpara area, lodged a complaint against her husband Samat Gadhvi (39) and her in-laws for demanding dowry and threatening to kill her and her son.
She also alleged that her husband had threatened her at gun-point two months ago.
Samat is posted at the airport police station in Rajkot.
After the complaint was lodged, Samat was detained on the charges of attempt to murder, harassment and demanding dowry.
Pragna has also named her father-in-law Mulji Gadhvi, mother-in-law Dhanbai, brothers-in-law Dhanraj and Devang Gadhvi in her complaint filed with Pradyumannagar police station.
“I married Samat in 2004 and since then I have been subjected to harassment over domestic work and dowry.
On March 27, my husband took out his service revolver and pointed at my head and threatened to kill me.
The next day, he did the same thing with me and my son,” Pragna said in her FIR.