Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 17: Family members of a 26-years old woman today staged a protest against her in-laws, alleging she is was subjected to domestic violence at her husband’s house in Pampore area of Pulwama district.
The protesting family assembled at press enclave here and demanded immediate action against woman’s husband who allegedly attempted to kill her by locking her up in isolation.
The family members alleged that shortly after marriage, woman’s in-laws unleashed atrocities on her and threatened to kill her. “On August 24, 2014 she was married to Arshid Ahmad Mir, a resident of Kadlabal Pampore. Right from the first week of the marriage, he began mistreating her. He would beat her and ask her to get money from her family so that he can start his business,” said Tahir Ahmad, victim’s brother.
He said the in-laws would beat her regularly but she never uttered a word and hoped that things might change. “That was her biggest mistake. She should have informed us in the beginning. She was tortured both physically and emotionally. She only told us when it was unbearable for her,” Tahir alleged.
He alleged that on seventh of July she was locked up in a solitary room and kerosene oil was thrown on her. “They had planned to burn her alive but she managed to run from her clutches and reached home,” the woman’s brother alleged.
The family members said the cuts and marks on her body bear witness to the type of torture she had gone through. “Only a beast can do that. We want authorities to punish him so that others think twice before committing such inhuman act,” they said and sought quick intervention of the concerned.
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