The counselling of 23 aggrieved women who had reported their complaints related to marital and family disputes in the Dehradun Women Helpline was held on Sunday, said Dehradun SSP Kewal Khurana. Khurana said that about four complaints related to dowry, marital disputes, domestic violence and other family disputes are reported almost daily by aggrieved women at women’s helpline in the district.
“In order to resolve marital and family disputes through reconciliation, Voluntary Bureau comprising circle officer, an experienced lawyer, academician, psychologist, noted journalist, socialist and others has already been established at women's helpline. The meeting of voluntary bureau is organised every Sunday and professionals are invited to discuss the registered complaints with both the parties in the bureau. Professionals try their best to resolve family disputes through reconciliation, he informed.
SSP PRO Mahipal Singh Rawat said that professionals like counselor Mukul Sharma, psychologists Pratibha Sharma and Solanki Anand, advocate Amit Kumar, social workers Nazia and Mohammad Iliyas were invited to the voluntary bureau on Sunday. Both the parties involved in the 23 cases were called for counseling in the meeting. Six out of 23 cases were resolved through reconciliation and next date was issued to parties in the remaining cases.
According to him, around 370 complaints related to dowry, family dispute, marital disputes and others were received from aggrieved women since January this year. Around 20 dowry related disputes were resolved in the voluntary bureau while 21 such cases were transferred to the court. In two cases, an FIR was lodged in the police station. Around 40 family disputes were resolved through reconciliation by calling both the parties whereas 44 such cases were transferred to the court.