Updated on Thursday, June 07, 2007, 00:00 IST

New Delhi, June 07: A senior doctor of Safdarjung Hospital was today arrested in northeast Delhi on charges of assaulting and harassing his wife for dowry.

Jwala Prasad, an ENT specialist, was arrested in New Usmaanpur on the basis of a complaint filed by his wife Malti, police said. The two had been married for the last two years.

In the complaint, Malti has accused Prasad of beating and harassing her after her family failed to meet his demand for a new car, police added.

Prasad's father and brother have been also been arrested after they were named in the complaint by the woman, who is a housewife.

They have been booked under Section 498 a (punishment to husband or relative of a husband of a woman for subjecting her to cruelty) of the IPC.

Police said the woman had bruises on her body because of the beating.

Bureau Report