Rajasthan: Husband, brother-in-law assault woman for not bearing child, probe on | Jaipur News

JAISALMER: A woman was assaulted for not bearing a child at Uparla in Chauhatan police station area in Barmer district. After a fight between the couple over her not bearing a child, her husband and brother-in-law attacked the woman’s private parts with a knife. The woman on Wednesday late evening met SP Anand Sharma, narrated her ordeal and demanded action by submitting a memorandum. The SP got the medical examination of the victim done and assured fair action.
According to information, six years had passed since her marriage and her in-laws were beating and harassing her for dowry ever since. She once went off to her parents’ house but came back after negotiations on a social level. On Wednesday night, her husband and brother-in-law first beat her and then took her hostage and stabbed her private parts with knife. The victim on Wednesday went to her husband’s shop at Chauhatan and asked him to get her treated but the husband refused and it was then that she called her brother and told him the entire incident. She along with her brother went to Barmer SP and demanded justice.
Barmer SP confirmed that the victim gave him a memorandum and he has ordered to investigate the case. He immediately lodged a case at the woman police station and after medical examination, started her treatment.
SP said that the woman told him that her husband had pressured her to have physical relations with his brother and that she was harassed for dowry since a very long time. Police have assured fair action in the matter.