Monday, July 11, 2011

Maharastra Police: Man arrested after constable-wife alleges torture


The husband of a police constable was arrested on Saturday after she registered a complaint with the Yerawada police alleging that her husband and in-laws tortured her for working against their will.

The victim has also alleged that her husband forcibly sodomised her. She has registered an FIR under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Police said the 26-year-old victim, a resident of Shivajinagar, married S R Khan, 34, of Nagpur Chawl, Yerawada in 2003. Three months after the marriage, her in laws including her husband, her mother-in-law Shama Khan, two maternal uncles of her husband started torturing her, insisting that she quit her job and look after the household chores. They also accused her of having an extramarital affair and used to lock her in the house for days, torturing her mentally and physically, police said.

The victim has also alleged that her husband forced her to have unnatural sex with him against her will.

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