AHMEDABAD: A 35-year-old woman from Thaltej filed a complaint of rape and domestic violence against her husband and in-laws with Sola police on Sunday alleging that she had been brutalized and raped by her father-in-law and brother-in-law, and that her husband beat her frequently seeking dowry of Rs 50 lakh. In her complaint, the woman said that she got married to a man from Gondal in June 2014 and they shifted to a flat in Rajkot in 2016. She said that her husband beat her badly when she refused to bring Rs 50 lakh to pay the loan of the flat. She alleged in the FIR that he flogged her badly and later her mother-in-law seared her with hot tongs, due to which she suffered severe burn injuries. She said that she had pleaded with her husband and in-laws to take her to some doctor, but they took her to a secluded place where they again beat her. The woman alleged that her father-in-law and her brother-in-law (husband’s elder brother) raped her and beat her in 2019. She said that when she told this to her husband, hebeat her badly. She alleged that her husband and in-laws abandoned her around six months ago.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)