New
Delhi,
June
11:
Dowry
is
like
“extortion”
and
the
malpractice
continues
to
plague
India
even
today,
said
Bollywood
star
Akshay
Kumar
on
Wednesday.
It
is
in
the
“layers”,
the
actor
said
referring
to
the
deep-rooted
social
evil.
“We
cannot
disagree
with
the
fact
that
dowry
is
very
much
there
in
India.
It’s
in
the
layers.
Some
call
it
dowry,
gift,
‘sankalp’.
It
has
different
names.
“Some
demand
that
they
want
to
have
the
wedding
on
a
large
scale.
I
would
call
it
extortion.
The
father,
the
brother
are
not
that
capable,
and
yet
they
try
to
do
as
much
as
they
can
so
that
it
(the
wedding)
happens,”
Akshay
Kumar
told
reporters
here.