Pregnant victim of violence rescued

Surat: A 35-year-old pregnant woman and her twin children, who had become victim of domestic violence, were rescued by Valsad police from her home in Vapi town.
Police not only rescued her but also paid for a taxi to take her and two-year-old twins to her maternal home in Mumbai.
According to Valsad police, the six-month pregnant woman was allegedly harassed by her husband and his family members.
Not able to bare the harassment, the woman sought help from her maternal family living in Mumbai. Her brothers contacted Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an NGO in Mumbai, for help.
The NGO then contacted the Valsad police.
“On May 10 (Sunday), we received a call from Donita Quadros working with CHRI about a pregnant woman harassed by her in-laws. She shared the woman’s address and we reached her house at 3.40pm,” said Om Prakash Jat, ASP and probationary IPS officer in Valsad.
Jat was accompanied by sub-inspector LG Rathod.
“The woman narrated her story and demanded that she be sent to her maternal home in Mumbai as she did not want to stay with her husband any more. So, we hired a cab and paid for it. We also got issued valid travel pass from the district administration because she needed emergency care,” Jat told TOI.
The woman reached Mumbai on May 11, added Jat posted at Dungra police station near Vapi town.
Valsad police said that the woman did not not want to lodge a complaint against her husband.
“We came to know that she was the fourth wife of her husband. Her husband was constantly torturing her saying that he did not like her,” said police.