Ahmedabad: Woman beaten for buying diapers

AHMEDABAD: A 36-year-old woman from the Tragad area of the city on Tuesday filed a complaint with Sabarmati police, alleging that her mother-in-law attacked her because she bought diapers for her two-year-old son.
In her FIR, the woman states that she married to a Naranpura-based man according to her family’s wishes on January 22, 2015. After their wedding, her husband went to Dubai to work.
She alleged that her in-laws began harassing her after that, by demanding jewellery and other valuables which she bought from her parents’ home. She states in the FIR that even though she was suffering from severe back pain, her mother-in-law forced her to take up a job and also do the household chores.
She said that her mother-in-law has adopted austerity, but she could not live life according to her wishes and had fights with her over this several times.
She said she went to a medical store to buy diapers and milk for her son. When she returned home with these items, her mother-in-law began taunting her for spending so much money on useless products.
When she protested, her mother-in-law abused her and began beating her due to which she suffered a fracture to her hand. She was then rushed to a private hospital and later approached police.