Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur has alleged that she was thrashed and choked by her husband during the couple’s honeymoon in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after she got her period, prompting the police to register an FIR against the man, his mother and sister, officials said.
The woman, a resident of the city, claimed in her complaint that her husband, Delhi resident Nikhil Mishra, slapped, kicked and punched her and also tried to strangle her after becoming angry over her menstruation.
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According to the complainant, she was saved by the hotel staff after they intervened on hearing her screams.
In her complaint, the woman has claimed that she got married to Mishra on May 30, 2023, at a marriage lawn in Delhi. She alleged that before the wedding, her in-laws had insisted that articles given by her family be branded.
The complainant further claimed that her father gave around Rs 20 lakh in cash, a car and other articles worth about Rs 40 lakh as dowry. She said she moved to her marital home in Delhi on June 2, 2023, and alleged that her in-laws subsequently taunted and humiliated her over the items received as dowry.
About a month after the marriage, the couple travelled to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on July 4 for their honeymoon. The woman has told the police that she suffered severe abdominal pain and heavy bleeding after getting her period during the trip.
She alleged that her husband became angry and questioned why she had not informed him about her periods earlier. Mishra purportedly accused his wife of ruining his mood, and assaulted her.
The woman claimed that he later called her father and asked him to come to Delhi and take her back. The accused allegedly told his father-in-law that he no longer wanted to live with her.
The complainant alleged that she narrated her ordeal to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law after returning to Delhi, but they instead began subjecting her to mental torture.
The woman alleged she was thrown out of her marital home on July 14, 2023, around 45 days after the marriage. The FIR states that when her father travelled to Delhi in an attempt to mediate and resolve the issue, he was also insulted by her in-laws.
The woman also claimed that the items given to her in-laws as dowry were not returned and that her husband continued to send her threatening messages.
She purportedly struggled to get an FIR registered against her husband and in-laws despite repeatedly approaching the police. The case was eventually registered on Saturday, August 15, after intervention from Gorakhpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Kaustubh.
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(Based on inputs from Gajendra Tripathi, with additional inputs from PTI)
SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
