Man gets 2-year jail term for assaulting wife over dowry

SAMBALPUR: The SDJM court in Kuchinda on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old man to two years of imprisonment for assaulting his wife over dowry.

The convict is Paresh Naik of Ghanghosa village within Jamankira police limits of the district. According to reports, Paresh started physically and mentally assaulting his wife six months after their marriage over demands for dowry. He even threatened of killing her and further drove her away from his house.