In one of the shocking incident, a 35-year-old woman in Haryana was locked in a toilet by her husband for the past one and a half years. She was forced to live in subhuman conditions. The incident is of Rishpur village of Panipat district, claimed officials.
The victim was rescued from a tiny and stinking toilet by a team of district women and child welfare department officials on Wednesday. The woman is the mother of three children. The rescued woman was first taken to civil hospital and now she has been handed over to her cousin.
The district women protection officer Rajni Gupta got the information about a woman being held captive by her husband. She, with police officials, reached the house and found the woman locked inside the toilet.
Gupta said that the team found the woman lying in the toilet in a miserable condition. During the investigation, cops discovered that she was forced to live in subhuman conditions for the past one and a half years.
“She was so weak that she could not even walk; The woman ate 8 chapattis when we gave her food,” Gupta said. She was not even given proper food and drinking water in captivity.
The woman is married to Naresh Kumar for the last 17 years. She has three children, including a 15 year-old daughter and two sons aged 11 and 13.
Woman’s husband claimed that his wife had mental health issues. The welfare department officer said that the victim was able to identify all family members and replied to all the questions asked by the team.
“Even her husband could not produce the alleged document related to her treatment of mental illness,” Rajni Gupta said.
A case had been registered against woman’s husband Naresh Kumar under sections 498 A and 342 of the IPC. The accused has been arrested and an investigation is underway, according to Surender Dahiya, incharge of Sanoli police station.
