A girl named Iqra was brutally thrashed by her husband Yusuf over a dowry demand in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Ghaziabad. A video (said to be two days old) of the girl, who appears to be underage, has gone viral on social media. As per reports (Archived tweet), Iqra’s mother-in-law Rani and husband Yusuf have been arrested while Yusuf’s brothers Yameen and Sajid have also been booked by the UP Police.

Yusuf’s family hails from Ghaziabad’s Kotwali area and are employed as daily wage labourers in Delhi. The victim got married to Yusuf only three months ago by registering their marriage at the registrar’s office and began living together. Soon after, Yusuf and his family began to harass his newlywed wife for dowry.

In her statement, the victim added that Yusuf started pressurizing her to enter into a relationship with his brothers. Yusuf tortured the victim to such an extent that her whole body had nails and blades scratch marks, teeth bite marks, and her eyes were also swollen. Two days ago she escaped from her in-laws’ house through the roof.

She crossed the roofs of several houses and reached the roof of a government school from where she was rescued by the crowd that had gathered seeing the injured girl on the roof. Following her rescue, Iqra narrated her ordeal and based on her statement the Police registered an FIR against Yusuf, his mother Rani, and his brothers Yamin, and Sajid.

Ghaziabad commissionerate’s Twitter handle put out a tweet of the Kotwali Superintendent of Police’s (SP) video statement. The SP confirmed the arrest of Yusuf and Rani while adding that Iqra was given medical treatment. The police further stated that they are investigating the matter and on the basis of their investigation further sections would be added to the case.