An FIR lodged against Gujarat cadre IPS officer DN Patel for allegedly tormenting her daughter-in-law mentally and physically.
Following the complaint of Hiral, daughter-in-law of Patel, who is currently posted as DIG Rajkot range, an FIR has been filed under Section 498A (cruelty on woman by husband and relatives) and 506-2 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, said an official at Vadali police station of Sabarkantha district.
Hiral has also filed complaint against her husband Rohit, who is a State Government employee at Gandhinagar and five others apart from IPS Patel. According to her she was tortured by her in-laws for raising voice against her husband’s affair.
According to the FIR, the woman got married in December 2011 and her husband is working as Deputy Mamlatdar in Gandhinagar district. She claimed that her husband was having an extra marital affair and she had recently caught him with another woman. The complainant also alleged that, her husband has also started living with the female with whom he is having affair that too without giving her divorce.
According to her, despite she informed her father-in-law and other family members on this matter, they took his Rohit’s side and started tormenting her. The investigative officer said that the FIR lodged against all the seven persons against whom Hiral filed complaint and the police has initiated inquiry on it.