Rae Bareli. A woman from a village in Mill area was divorced five times by her husband and brother-in-law. He was also halala done twice. When pressure was made to conduct Halala for the third time, the woman came to her maternal home and lodged a complaint with the police. The victim has appealed to the Superintendent of Police for justice for the arrest of the accused.
The victim was married on 7 April 2015 with Mohammad Arif of Poori Khatana Majre Tekari Dandu village of Deh. After marriage, she was harassed for demanding dowry. At the instigation of her in-laws, her husband divorced her. If the woman should complain to the police, the family members put pressure on her and got her married to brother-in-law Zahid on October 21, 2016 to get Halala done. Zahid divorced after Halala, and on 23 March 2017, she married Arif again.
The atmosphere remained calm for some days, but dowry greedy people started harassing her again. Her husband divorced her again and her in-laws threw her out of the house. Somehow a compromise was reached between the family members of the victim and the in-laws. The woman was remarried to Zahid and halala was performed. When Zahid divorced, she married Arif for the third time on 21 February 2021. All this kept happening in the same family, but no one outside could get a clue.
When Arif divorced for the third time on March 1, 2022 and pressured the woman to perform Halala with her brother-in-law, her patience broke. She went to her home. Dowry harassment against husband Arif, mother-in-law Nasreen, Devar Bablu, Devrani Budhan, brother-in-law Zahid, brother-in-law Budhai and family receipt on her complaint in Mill Area Police Station on April 3, 2022, after running for several days, case under Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 Registered. Even after a long time, the accused were not arrested, then a week ago the victim reached the captain’s office and pleaded for justice.
Waiting for legal opinion: CO Vandana Singh told that when this matter came in front of me, at the same time a case was registered on my orders. A legal opinion has been sought for whether there is a provision for arrest or not, if the woman was molested. Further action will be taken as soon as it is received. The investigation is in progress, charge sheet will be filed soon.
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