A 20-year-old newly married woman was strangled to death allegedly by her in-laws over dowry in Paiga-Bhikampur village here, police said Friday.
The in-laws have been absconding since the incident and a hunt is on to round them in, police said.
According to police, Renu, a resident of Lahori village of Bisharatganj Police Station in Bareilly district, was married about nine months ago to Vikesh, a resident of village Paiga-Bhikampur of Bisauli.
The relatives of the victim in their complaint to police said Vikesh and his family members had been torturing Renu for dowry and strangled her on Thursday.
