AHMEDABAD: Two complaints were lodged at the Women’s police station (west) on Wednesday. In the first complaint, a 33-year-old resident of Ghatlodia, Ranita Patel, alleged that her husband Amit Patel, mother-in-law Madhu Patel, father-in-law Govind Patel — based in Texas — and sister-in-law Parul Patel, a resident of Kadi in Mehsana district, hounded her for dowry saying she would have to give them money if she wanted to stay with her husband in the US.
The complainant stated that she married Amit in December 2104. She alleged that after their wedding, her husband had thrown a party for his friends and told her that she would have live according to their status and wear dresses.
“She stated that he was drunk that night. When relatives from her parents’ side told him not to cultivate such a habit (drinking), he got angry. The other accused also sided with him at that time. When she was going to lodge a complaint, her in-laws urged her not to do so as it would ruin their son’s future, and she did not file an FIR,” a police official said.
The FIR states that her in-laws told her that if she wants to go to the US with her husband, her parents should give them money. She also alleged that they fought with her over trivial domestic matters.
“The complainant stated that in 2019, her husband went to Texas and she was living with her in-laws in Ghatlodia,” added a police official.
She alleged that when she was at her sister-in-law’s house in Kadi, her mother-in-law and father-in-law first went to Canada and then to the US to stay with Amit.
“She stated that in August 2020, she learned that her husband had filed a divorce petition in the US. They then stopped answering her phone calls. We are verifying the allegations and are gathering evidence,” said a senior police official.
In the second complaint lodged at Women’s police station (west), a woman from Shahpur, Kajal Marwadi, alleged that her husband Rajesh, mother-in-law Jasi, father-in-law Mangaldas and her sisters-in-law Sangeeta, Ajay and Jyotsna Patel, all of whom are from Mansa in Gandhinagar, tormented her for giving birth to a girl and demanded dowry.