Ahmedabad: Man beats wife for objecting to visit of Covid positive in-laws

AHMEDABAD: A 29-year-old woman from Satellite, Megha Dutt, lodged a complaint at the Women’s police station (West) against her husband, Amit Dutt, his parents Nirmal and Saroj Dutt and his brother and his wife, Sumit and Kailash Dutt, for allegedly harassing her after she objected to them coming to their house because they had tested positive for Covid-19. She also alleged that her in-laws taunted her for not bearing children and pressurized her to divorce her husband so he could marry again.
The complainant stated that she married Amit Dutt in December 2015 and they used to live in a joint family at Chandlodia. According to the FIR, soon after the weddin, her in-laws started to quarrel with her over petty issues and also demanded a dowry from her parents.
“She alleged that at the instruction of her in-laws, her husband used to beat her up and she had twice gone back to her parents because of this. She returned to salvage their marriage,” added a police official. According to the FIR, they later struck a compromise and went to live in a separate house in Ghatlodia.
The complaint states that this July, Saroj and Sumit tested positive for Covid-19. “The complaint states that as the complainant refused to bring them home for fear of getting infected, her husband got angry with her and taunted her about not bearing children and said she ought to be driven out of the house.”
The complaint also states that her husband demanded a divorce and threatened to kill her parents if she didn’t sign the divorce papers.
“We are verifying the details stated mentioned in the complaint and are gathering evidence, based on which we will summon the accused,” said a police officer of the Women’s police station (West).