AHMEDABAD: A 24-year-old woman from Shahibaug, who married a man from Kadi in Mehsana in 2016, on Sunday filed a complaint at Madhavpura police station alleging that she had been thrashed for taking a siesta by her husband and in-laws.
The woman said that she got married on July 17, 2016, after which she began living with her in-laws in Kadi.
She said that she had a habit of taking a nap after lunch, which did not go well with her husband and in-laws.
“From the beginning, they used to object to me taking a siesta. As I used to wake up early in the morning, I could not keep myself awake in the afternoons,” she said.
The woman said her husband and in-laws began harassing her for sleeping after lunch and later began thrashing her for it.
When her husband thrashed her the first time, she filed an application with Kadi police, but they later struck a compromise and she again began living with him again.
The woman said that her husband and in-laws did not help her when she was pregnant and sent her to her parents’ place.
On September 18, 2017, she gave birth to a girl, which also did not go well with her in-laws and husband who harassed and thrashed her for not delivering a male child, she said.
The woman alleged that her husband abandoned her on February 7, and even after the intervention of community leaders, her husband refused to take her back.
She thus approached police and filed a complaint for domestic violence against her husband and in-laws.
