Vadodara: Along with his parents, an army major living in Arunoday Society in Alkapuri were booked on Tuesday for harassment, domestic violence and seeking Rs 50 lakh as dowry from his wife.
In her complaint, 30-year-old Rucha told the police that she got married to Meet Sutariya in December 2017, and the couple moved to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh where he was posted. A few months later, the husband allegedly started harassing Rucha as she would not wake up early. In 2018, during his training for posting in Imphal, Sutariya asked her to get Rs 50 lakh from her father as he wanted to renovate their house. When she refused, he beat her up.
Rucha further said that when she approached her in-laws about the violence, they blamed her and told her to get the money as asked by their son. Sutariya allegedly continued with his demand and kept harassing her and in January last year, asked her to leave the house as she could not get the money. Following this, Rucha complained to his commanding officer, but withdrew her plaint when Suthariya romised to settle the issue amicably.
But in May, he again started demanding money and hit Rucha. Two months later Rucha went to her parents’ house in Ahmedabad, but nobody asked her to return. Her mother -in-law also refused to return her jewelleries, she alleged.