Though the custom of giving and receiving such payments is officially prohibited, in 2012 more than 8,200 women were murdered because a groom or his family believed his bride’s dowry to be insufficient.
فرغم ان عادة دفع وقبض المهور ممنوعة رسميًّا ،‏ قُتلت عام ٢٠١٢ اكثر من ٢٠٠‏,٨ امرأة بسبب عدم رضى زوجها او عائلته عن المهر .‏