This story is from December 1, 2018

After 32 years of marriage, woman files violence plaint

After 32 years of marriage, woman files violence plaint
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AHMEDABAD: A 51-year-old woman, resident of Gandhinagar, who hails from Amreli, filed a complaint with women’s police station of Gandhinagar on Thursday alleging domestic violence 32 years after her marriage.
The woman stated in her FIR that she was married according to social customs 32 years ago and the couple has two sons aged around 30 and 25. Her sons stay in Rajasthan and the elder son got married two years ago.
“Earlier, I along with my husband, who is a forest official in Sasangir, used to live happily.
After my brother-in-law started visiting us, he used to instigate my husband against me, and my husband also started torturing me,” said the woman.
Later, her husband started drinking liquor and gradually turned alcoholic and began beating her on frivolous issues. Her husband and in-laws threw her out of the house time and again and each time she had to compromise for the sake of her sons.
“For last ten years, my husband had increased torturing me. I started living in Rajasthan around eight months ago, after my elder son married there, but my husband went there too and tortured me,” said the woman.
Since November 19, the woman started living with her husband in Gandhinagar, but after four days, he again picked a quarrel and threatened to kill her. He also took away the money given to the complainant by her elder son for her treatment and then went incommunicado, stated the FIR of the case.
Police booked the man and five in-laws of the complainant under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.
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