And if the Dowry is not good enough what kind of husbands do these girls get?
It is a bizzare custom!
Ms. Casey's Daughter
A brief one. After an interval sufficient to deflect immediate suspicion, the mother-in-law arranges and supervises, and the sisters-in-law administer, a standardized "kitchen accident" involving cooking oil and a bride who turns into a human torch while her in-laws hold her by the arms.
The bereft groom is then free to be shopped around all over again, and the family gets to cash some fresh dowry checks.
The family of the dead bride, meanwhile, receive no refund. She had her chance, she tasted the good life -- briefly.