Deoria (UP), March 13 A shortage of cooking gas cylinders triggered a domestic dispute here, with a woman accusing her husband and in-laws of assaulting her over an empty LPG cylinder, police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Karaudi village under the Khukhundu Police Station area.
According to the police, Geeta Devi alleged that when she asked her husband to arrange a cooking gas cylinder, he became angry and started abusing and assaulting her.
Hearing the commotion, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law came, but instead of pacifying the husband, they joined in the assault, she claimed.
Khukhundu Police station in-charge Rahul Singh said the matter has been reported and an enquiry is underway.