A 22-year-old married woman, who was held captive by her husband and was not allowed to communicate with her parents, was rescued by Bagh Sewania police on Thursday.
SHO of Bagh Sewania police station lalit Singh said that it is a matter of family counseling as the victim Neetu was not allowed by her husband Amitkant to speak to her parents due to which she was frustrated and as she had not spoken to her parents, her worried parents reached Bhopal and sought police help and subsequently, she was rescued.
The husband works for a private company in Obedullahganj. The two got married in the year 2012 and had a two and half month old baby from the marriage. The problem started after the husband restricted all types of communication of his wife with her parents and later when she got chance to contact her parents, she narrated the whole tale, the police officer told.
The victim was frustrated over the non-communication with her parents. The victim hails from Uttar Pradesh while her husband is a resident of Obedullahganj.
Police have denied involvement of any volunteers of NGO Rihai which works for violence and atrocities against women who accompanied the victim’s parents and lodged complaint against victim’s husband.
However, the police officials were of the opinion that the case was not related to harassment. On the contrary, only a case under section 323 of the IPC (Beating) was registered against the husband of the woman. The SHO told that the woman and her husband require family ocuncelling.
The couple has been advised for family counseling which would solve their issue, claimed the police.