Dowry-linked bail plea to be heard on May 1

Bhopal, Apr 30 (UNI) A local court would tomorrow hear the dowry-linked bail plea of Siddharth Shinde, a state minister's relative who mysteriously went missing just before his wedding.

Meanwhile, the bride's party submitted an application against the bail. The plea, submitted by Shinde's parents, was to come up in the court of Special Judge Anurag Shrivastav today but the hearing was postponed by a day due to urging by Defence Counsel Ajit Singh who said that Senior Advocate Ajay Mishra was absent.

Shinde and bride Divya Tiwari are both in the software industry and employed in Hyderabad. They became close friends and the families agreed to the union. On April 26, Shinde was to arrive here with a wedding party from Indore. When the groom's party failed to turn up, the Tiwari family lodged a police complaint that a dowry demand of Rs 15 lakh was made and could not be met.

Shinde is related to Minister of State for Higher Education Tukojirao Pawar.

UNI