allegedly being beaten up by his wife for failing to purchase a flat.
The last grab shows an injury he suffered due to the beatings
A man who has accused his wife of domestic violence shot a video of
her wife beating him with a broom to be presented as evidence.
The man, who is a driver with Thane Municipal Transport, had got
married to the girl in December 2002. Soon after the marriage, his
wife started complaining about living in a joint family. In 2004, she
even left the house and went to her village in Dhule district. The
worried husband asked a few relatives to intervene and met his wife's
family.
The girl agreed to return on the condition that he purchased a new
flat where they would live separately. The man somehow raised some
money and managed to purchase a tenement in a chawl at Vartak Nagar in
Thane. However, the wife still refused to return, this time
complaining about her husband's poor financial condition.
But, in due course, he persuaded her to return.
The man said, "But her demands for jewellery, furniture and clothes
went on increasing with each year. She used to pick up fights and
threaten to leave if I failed to fulfil her wishes. To earn more
money, I started driving an auto after my duty hours."
But the wife was adamant about living in a multi-storey building.
Recently, the man alleged, she began beating him for not fulfilling
his promise.
Thrice in the past few months, the couple's fights became so heated
that they ended up in Vartak Nagar police station where they
registered non-cognisable complaints against each other.
The victim and his wife on their wedding day
Last week, when the woman began beating the husband with a broom, he
captured the scene in his mobile phone's camera. He handed over the
clip to the police to back his complaint.
The man said, "Despite our fights, I prefer to live with my wife, as
we have a five-year-old daughter. When women face such problems, they
usually approach NGOs. Hence, I thought of approaching them to save my
marriage."
But volunteers of `Madat Seva Sanstha', the NGO he approached, were
taken aback with his case. Shashi Agrawal, who heads the NGO, said,
"We help women who are victims of domestic violence or dowry. But,
this case is unique and we need to adopt a different approach to
resolve the problem. We don't have any solution yet."
But she has called the families of the couple for meeting to discuss
their differences
Despite our fights, I prefer to live with my wife, as we have a
5-year-old girl. When women face such problems, they usually approach
NGOs. Hence, I thought of approaching them to save my marriage - The
victim
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