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KOLKATA, India
Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:18am EDT

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Police in India have rescued a 40-year-old woman who was imprisoned by her in-laws in a dingy room for 15 years because she could not pay enough dowry.

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Police said the woman, Madhavi Das, was naked and locked in the room when policemen broke in with help from neighbors on Saturday.

"She was admitted in a mental asylum as years of solitary confinement has taken a toll on her sanity," Siddhi Nath Gupta, a senior police officer, said on Sunday.

Three members of the family, including her husband, were arrested.

The most common reported form of domestic violence in India is dowry-related, where women are abused and beaten and even killed by their in-laws for not bestowing enough gifts or money to their husbands or their families at the time of marriage.
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