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Ludhiana: Indian cops lay charges in alleged conspiracy to kill father of young bride

Indian police have arrested four men, including one from Surrey, and charged them with conspiracy to murder the father of a young bride in Ludhiana, Punjab.

They have also issued arrest warrants for the woman's husband and his cousin, who live in Surrey.

Police charges allege that the husband and his cousin hired a group of contract killers for 120,000 rupees (about $3,000) after the father of the bride could not raise the dowry for his daughter.

According to police, the bride, Pawanjot Kaur, who came to Canada to look for her husband but without the $75,000 dowry, is currently living with her grandfather in Edmonton. The couple were married in 2004 but the bride was told that she could not come to Canada until the dowry was settled.