Tahira Khattun, a 19-year-old woman, was allegedly burnt by her husband and in-laws in the Jama Masjid area on Sunday, 7 June, 1998 ... Tahira sustained 80 percent burns and her condition is said to be critical ...

However, the police denied that Tahira was burnt.

No case has been registered and the Duty Officer at the Jama Masjid police station said: "Tahira's clothes caught fire while she was preparing food on a stove".

Her sister ... Sabra said: "After her marriage, Tahira's husband Mohammed Yunus used constantly to harass her for dowry" ... Since Yunus was unemployed, he threatened and abused Tahira to bring money from her parents .. Yunus's family ... did not care to inform her family even though the incident took place at 9 am. Tahira, a resident of Ghaziabad was married to Yunus in 1997.                                                            (Source: The Pioneer, 9 June, 1998)