In a shocking incident from Chandigarh, a 73-year-old woman endured endless torture and beating at the hands of her son, daughter-in-law and even her grandson in her own home.
According to an NDTV report, the woman’s son, who is a lawyer, was arrested based on evidence from a CCTV camera that he himself had installed in his mother’s room. Videos from the CCTV showed the woman being tortured and mercilessly thrashed by her family members.
The victim, identified as Asha Rani, stayed in Punjab’s Rupnagar with her son, daughter and daughter-in-law.
Asha Rani’s husband had died of a heart attack recently and she had told her daughter, Deepshikha, that her son, Ankur Verma and his wife, Sudha assaulted her.
The daughter, upon learning of her mother’s mistreatment at the hands of the family, somehow obtained footage from the CCTV camera installed in Asha Rani’s room and was taken aback by what she saw.
The videos showed Ankur, his wife and their son trashing Asha Rani mercilessly. The videos of the assault from September 19, October 21 and October 24 showed Ankur punching and slapping his mother on separate occasions. The videos also showed Sudha slapping Asha Rani and the grandson dragging her.
This gruesome video gave me nightmaresIn Ropar, A son beating his mother and a grandson poring water on bed and blaming her for urinating in bedLawyer son was doing same to his deceased father pic.twitter.com/QRACY8AiSX— Swathi Bellam (@BellamSwathi) October 29, 2023
Based on a complaint by Deepshikha, a police team and some people from an NGO arrived at Asha Rani’s house and rescued her on Saturday.
During the rescue, however, Ankur said he had been serving his mother, who “wasn’t in the right mental state”.
A police official noted that Ankur has been arrested and a case has been registered under sections linked to voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, wrongful confinement and Section 24 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.