HANG THOSE GUILTY IN DOWRY DEATH CASES: SC

The Supreme Court on June 1 strongly condemned dowry deaths and bride burning, calling for death sentence for those found guilty. It said that unless punishment was made tougher, those crimes would not stop. The tough stand of the Supreme Court came while hearing a case. Meanwhile, police are investigating a possible dowry killing of a 25-year-old housewife, initially thought to have committed suicide, till her 4-year-old son said his father had killed her.