KANPUR: The wife of CRPF jawan killed in Pulwama attack Ajit Kumar Azad has filed a complaint in Sadar Kotwali police station under various sections, including assault, harassment, extortion, IT Act against her in-laws.
The woman alleged that on Thursday she had gone to her in-law’s house to take her belongings, where she was thrashed by them. They prevented her from entering the house and threatened to kidnap her children.
The Kotwali police swung into action and lodged an FIR under relevant sections of IPC on the basis of the complaint lodged by Meena Gautam, the martyr’s wife.
Police said that the matter is being investigated.
According to police, Meena Gautam, wife of Ajit Kumar Azad, a resident of Lok Nagar, a CRPF jawan, who was martyred in the Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019, lodged a complaint at Kotwali police station on Thursday.
She stated in the complaint that currently she lives in PD Nagar locality. On Thursday afternoon, she went to collect her belongings from her in-laws’ house in Lok Nagar, but before she could collect them, her father-in-law Pyarelal, mother-in-law Rajwanti, brothers-in-law Sujit alias Tinkle, Manjeet alias Moni, Sanjeet, sister-in-law Sunita and Meenu prevented her from entering the house and used abusive language, she stated in the complaint. When she tried to resist, she was severely beaten up by them, and demanded Rs 20 lakh rupees from her. They threatened to kidnap her children if she didn’t pay the money, she alleged in her complaint.
Meena also alleged that her in-laws are not giving her husband’s bike and had threatened to implicate her three brothers in fake cases. Her brother-in-law Sanjeet had made indecent remarks about her on social media.
She has demanded action against her in-laws.
Kotwali police has registered a report under various sections of the IPC and the IT Act on the basis of Meena Gautam’s complaint.
Sadar Kotwali in-charge Anil Singh said the matter is being investigated, and seven persons from her in-laws’ side have been booked on the basis of the complaint. “We are investigating the incident. Action will be taken on the basis of the evidence,” Singh added.
To recall, CRPF jawan Ajit Kumar Azad was killed in the Pulwama terrorist attack on February 14, 2019.
