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Incidents of violence against women for dowry increased in 2019 compared to that of 2018, according to a local legal aid and rights body.
A total of 96 women were tortured to death in 2019 for dowry while it was 85 in 2018, according to the report of the Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK).
Moreover, 62 were physically tortured in the country in 2019, said the ASK report.
97 cases were filed in connection with the incidents in 2019 while 108 cases were lodged in connection with such incidents in 2018 across the country, the data also revealed.