Senior Citizen Couple Ends Life Due To Alleged Constant Harassment & False Dowry Cases By Daughter-in-Law

In an unfortunate incident reported from Barmer, Rajasthan, an elderly couple died by suicide by consuming poison. According to the family, the father-in-law and mother-in-law took their life due to alleged constant harassment and false dowry case by their son’s wife.

Case:

Harmendra Chaudhary, the deceased couple’s son, claimed that his wife Gauri had been harassing him and his family by filing a false dowry case. His father, Rajendra Kumar, and his mother, Champa Devi, were also named in the FIR.

According to Harmendra, his parents had gone to the court on Monday to collect the affidavit papers. At this time, Gauri too arrived at the court, physically attacked the old couple and snatched away Rs 2 lakh from them, after which both 60+ husband and wife managed to escape and save their life from the premise.

They returned home to Bhurtia and narrated the incident in the evening to their son.

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Suicide

Both of them were fed up with the situation and decided to end their life by consuming poison. The next day, when their son returned from Balotra, he recovered the bodies of his parents at his residence. The local police in Nagana was called in and the bodies were sent to the mortuary of the Medical College of Government Hospital.

Police Investigation:

According to the initial findings by the Barmer police, the daughter-in-law was constantly harassing the elderly in-laws, and as a result, both of them found it easier to end the trauma for life. Harmendra has filed a police complaint accusing his wife with serious allegations.

MDO Take:

Such incidents are on the rise due to concentration of every single matrimonial law in favour of bahu (daughter-in-law). In order to do justice with one member of the family, laws have been designed in a way, where the wife of the son can name any member of the family under Section 498A and get them arrested.

In several cases, men and their families pay up huge sums of money in return of woman withdrawing false cases against them, because it may take years or even decades to clear one’s name from criminal charges that are framed on mere word of woman.

If Government of India does not make an effort to strike a balance, we may end up seeing many many more tragic ends such as these, in the name of women empowerment.

Suicide Prevention Contact Details:

Men in distress due to family problems and threats of false cases can contact either of the NGOs listed here: Men Welfare Trust, MyNation Hope Foundation, Save Indian Family Foundation, Vaastav Foundation

Author: Shreya Bhandari is a 3rd year Bachelors of Journalism student and currently working as an intern with MDO.

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