AHMEDABAD: In a complaint under Sections 498(A), 294(B) 323 and 114 of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) at Women’s police station (East) on Sunday, a 25-year-old woman alleged that her husband was conceived as a result of her mother-in-law’s affair with a friend of her father-in-law. The woman has named six persons as accused in the complaint, including her husband, her mother-in-law and her alleged lover.
According to the FIR, the complainant married her husband in January 2018 and her mother-in-law had herself told her that her son was born out of the alleged illicit relationship.
The complainant claimed her mother-in-law had an affair with a friend of her father-in-law who used to frequent their house even before her wedding.
“The complainant alleged her mother-in-law and her lover drink liquor and frequently hosted parties at their house,” said a police official.
The complainant alleged the trouble in her marriage started soon after her wedding, as her sister-in-law started coming to their house and taunting her saying she had brought no dowry.
According to the complaint, her husband also used to pressure her to tell her parents to transfer ownership of their house to him.
“The complainant alleged that after she became pregnant, her in-laws tried to force her to undergo pre-natal gender testing and because she refused she was beaten up. The complainant later gave birth to a baby girl. The complainant also stated that her mother-in-law’s lover used to tell her that she need not maintain a relationship with her parents as they had given her nothing in dowry,” a police source said.
The complainant stated that in January, her husband took her daughter to where her mother-in-law and her lover were having a liquor party and when they returned his daughter was smelling of cigarettes and liquor. When she protested about this, her husband beat her and drove her out of the house. She has been living with her parents ever since.