June 30, 2010
Bangalore: A newly married girl in Bangalore committed suicide on June 29 after she was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry.
Nineteen-year-old M Nandini married Mohan G, a cabbie in Mysore, three months ago.
However, during the engagement, Mohan allegedly demanded 200 grams of gold and a bike as dowry. Nandini's parents offered 180 grams of gold and requested Mohan to wait for a while for the bike.
Mohan refused initially, but later agreed. When Nandini reached Mysore, her husband and in-laws subjected her to mental and physical torture for the bike.
Unable to bear the harrassment, Nandini asked her parents to arrange a two-wheeler within a fortnight.
Nandini's father gave Mohan Rs 30,000 and asked for a month's time to arrange for the remaining amount. This irritated Mohan, who subjected Nandini to more torture.
Fed up with the humiliation, Nandini committed suicide after writing a letter stating how her husband and in-laws tortured her.
Kyataraju J, assistant PSI, Amrutahalli police station, said, "From the suicide note, it's clear that the girl committed suicide following harassment meted by the husband. We have arrested Mohan and are looking for his parents who have gone absconding."
Following alleged torments meted by husband and in-laws, a newly married girl committed suicide in the city on June 29.
The police have arrested the husband, after they found a note that said that the husband and the in-laws were torturing her for dowry.
Ninteen-year-old M Nandini had married Mohan G, a cabbie in Mysore, three months ago.
However, during the engagement, Mohan allegedly demanded 200 gm gold and a bike as dowry. Nandini's parents offered 180 grams of gold and requested Mohan to wait for a while for the bike.
Mohan refused initially, but later he agreed. When she reached Mysore, her husband and in-laws subjected her to mental and physical torture for the bike.
According to the complaint filed by Nandini's father, the couple hadn't even consummate their marriage, as Mohan wanted the bike first.
Unable to bear the torments anymore, Nandini asked her parents to arrange a two-wheeler within a fortnight.
Nandini's father gave Mohan Rs 30,000 and asked for a month's time to arrange for the remaining amount. This irritated Mohan, who subjected Nandini to more torture.
Fed up with the humiliation, she hanged herself. However, before committing suicide, she wrote a letter stating how her husband and in-laws tortured her.
Kyataraju J, Assistant PSI, Amrutahalli police station, said, "From the suicide note, it's clear that the girl committed suicide following harassment meted by the husband. We have arrested Mohan and are looking for his parents who have gone absconding."
Mr.Rebates
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Woman, parents seek divorce in same court
Jun 22, 2010
MUZAFFARNAGAR: Years of marriage might have reconciled the warring couple, but after their daughter, who took the vow around 36 years ago, filed a case for divorce, the two did some soul searching and found they were not‘‘compatible’’. Nearly 50 years after they got married, the couple have decided to seek divorce in the same court where their daughter has filed her case.
Madhu, who had married Lalit Wadhwa in 1974, sought divorce from him in 2009 due to a family dispute. She cited ‘‘irreconcilable differences with her husband’’ and moved court. While her mother Prem Narula (70) supported her decision, Madhu’s father, Shiv Chandra Narula (72) opposed it. The mother felt that there was enough logic in her daughter’s decision to seek divorce. She opined that her daughter had ‘suffered’ a lot over the years. Her father, however, maintained she could give her husband another chance.
The father’s support for the son-in-law and mother’s support for the daughter created a rift between the elderly couple, and Shiv Chandra last week filed for divorce from Prem in the same court in Saharanpur where their daughter’s case is pending.
MUZAFFARNAGAR: Years of marriage might have reconciled the warring couple, but after their daughter, who took the vow around 36 years ago, filed a case for divorce, the two did some soul searching and found they were not‘‘compatible’’. Nearly 50 years after they got married, the couple have decided to seek divorce in the same court where their daughter has filed her case.
Madhu, who had married Lalit Wadhwa in 1974, sought divorce from him in 2009 due to a family dispute. She cited ‘‘irreconcilable differences with her husband’’ and moved court. While her mother Prem Narula (70) supported her decision, Madhu’s father, Shiv Chandra Narula (72) opposed it. The mother felt that there was enough logic in her daughter’s decision to seek divorce. She opined that her daughter had ‘suffered’ a lot over the years. Her father, however, maintained she could give her husband another chance.
The father’s support for the son-in-law and mother’s support for the daughter created a rift between the elderly couple, and Shiv Chandra last week filed for divorce from Prem in the same court in Saharanpur where their daughter’s case is pending.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Increasing incidents of dowry deaths or harassment
June 23, 2010
KANPUR: The industrial city is already infamous for being a hub of crime and the recent spurt in the cases of dowry-related offences has added another cause for concern.
In a shocking incident on June 19, a woman registered a complaint against her husband and in-laws under section 302 of IPC. She claimed that her husband and in-laws tried to kill her first by strangulation, then by poisoning her and after failing in both attempts, they abandoned her at her parents' house in Kalyanpur police station limits. The harassment was allegedly over dowry demands for a motorcycle and cash. The hapless woman, Gudiya, tortured beyond endurance, collapsed as soon as she reached her parents and was admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, where she died on Sunday morning.
In a similar incident on June 17, Ram Kumari of Dallapurwa in Bithoor, soon after `Tilak' ceremony, had the groom and his family arrested for demanding cash from her family.
The two incidents highlighted the prevalence of a social evil like dowry, even in this day and age. As per the records provided by an NGO, as many as 21 cases of dowry deaths (section 304 B of the IPC) have been reported in the district alone till June 20, while 40 cases have been listed under `cruelty meted out to woman by her husband and his relatives' (section 498 A of IPC), which is also linked with dowry demands.
"These crimes are in fact a matter of concern, as they reflect the condition of women in our society," said Neelam Chaturvedi, a social activist, who runs an NGO. Chaturvedi further feels that the dowry death cases in the district "need a thorough investigation to effect a decline in this ever-growing social evil". She is actively involved in the fight against crimes against women in the city.
Chaturvedi said that the crimes against women also have roots in the "peculiar masculine syndrome that exists predominantly in our society". After being subjected to physical or sexual abuse by husbands, the women either end their lives or are murdered, she added. Reports stated that the city witnessed at least one dowry death every day. Even though section 304 B of IPC imposes severe punishment against practice of dowry in any form, no marriage "can be solemnised' without some form of dowry, said an official, working for women who have faced harassment due to dowry demands. Police records say some 30-40 cases are filed every year. But few get relief from the courts, according to city-based Sakhi Kendra, an NGO that deals with women's issue.
For instance, Rashmi, a housewife, who had come to the city from Lucknow after a love marriage, is now fighting a dowry case against her husband's family for allegedly harassing her over dowry payments. Another activist, Archana said that two to three women are taken into Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital's burn unit every day. The latest arrival is a young woman from Kanpur Dehat, who has 80% burns. The victim said her husband poured kerosene over her and told her to die. Doctors at the burn unit told the Media that the condition of girl is critical. Another woman patient in the unit said that that her husband, who is an alcoholic, took all her jewellery and then demanded more dowry from her parents, so she went into the kitchen, poured kerosene over her body and set herself ablaze.
As per a senior high court lawyer, "It is all the more agonising that aggrieved persons, after the police refuses to buy their version, have to move court for relief and justice." In one such case reported from Narwal, Vinay Pandey, whose sister had died under suspicious circumstances owing to the alleged cruel treatment of her in-laws in December, 2009, failed to get a case of dowry death registered, he had to file a petition in local court, which has now issued a directive to the police to register a case against in-laws of his sister.
Another victim who testified in the court said she suffered regular beating and mental torture at the hands of her husband of 5 long years, before ending her marriage.
"Physical harassment and abuse was part and parcel of my three years of married life. My husband always demanded dowry from my parents, but as my parents were unable to give it, he used to beat me. I left my husband. At present I am staying with my parents," said a dowry victim from the city, who did not wish to be named.
KANPUR: The industrial city is already infamous for being a hub of crime and the recent spurt in the cases of dowry-related offences has added another cause for concern.
In a shocking incident on June 19, a woman registered a complaint against her husband and in-laws under section 302 of IPC. She claimed that her husband and in-laws tried to kill her first by strangulation, then by poisoning her and after failing in both attempts, they abandoned her at her parents' house in Kalyanpur police station limits. The harassment was allegedly over dowry demands for a motorcycle and cash. The hapless woman, Gudiya, tortured beyond endurance, collapsed as soon as she reached her parents and was admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, where she died on Sunday morning.
In a similar incident on June 17, Ram Kumari of Dallapurwa in Bithoor, soon after `Tilak' ceremony, had the groom and his family arrested for demanding cash from her family.
The two incidents highlighted the prevalence of a social evil like dowry, even in this day and age. As per the records provided by an NGO, as many as 21 cases of dowry deaths (section 304 B of the IPC) have been reported in the district alone till June 20, while 40 cases have been listed under `cruelty meted out to woman by her husband and his relatives' (section 498 A of IPC), which is also linked with dowry demands.
"These crimes are in fact a matter of concern, as they reflect the condition of women in our society," said Neelam Chaturvedi, a social activist, who runs an NGO. Chaturvedi further feels that the dowry death cases in the district "need a thorough investigation to effect a decline in this ever-growing social evil". She is actively involved in the fight against crimes against women in the city.
Chaturvedi said that the crimes against women also have roots in the "peculiar masculine syndrome that exists predominantly in our society". After being subjected to physical or sexual abuse by husbands, the women either end their lives or are murdered, she added. Reports stated that the city witnessed at least one dowry death every day. Even though section 304 B of IPC imposes severe punishment against practice of dowry in any form, no marriage "can be solemnised' without some form of dowry, said an official, working for women who have faced harassment due to dowry demands. Police records say some 30-40 cases are filed every year. But few get relief from the courts, according to city-based Sakhi Kendra, an NGO that deals with women's issue.
For instance, Rashmi, a housewife, who had come to the city from Lucknow after a love marriage, is now fighting a dowry case against her husband's family for allegedly harassing her over dowry payments. Another activist, Archana said that two to three women are taken into Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital's burn unit every day. The latest arrival is a young woman from Kanpur Dehat, who has 80% burns. The victim said her husband poured kerosene over her and told her to die. Doctors at the burn unit told the Media that the condition of girl is critical. Another woman patient in the unit said that that her husband, who is an alcoholic, took all her jewellery and then demanded more dowry from her parents, so she went into the kitchen, poured kerosene over her body and set herself ablaze.
As per a senior high court lawyer, "It is all the more agonising that aggrieved persons, after the police refuses to buy their version, have to move court for relief and justice." In one such case reported from Narwal, Vinay Pandey, whose sister had died under suspicious circumstances owing to the alleged cruel treatment of her in-laws in December, 2009, failed to get a case of dowry death registered, he had to file a petition in local court, which has now issued a directive to the police to register a case against in-laws of his sister.
Another victim who testified in the court said she suffered regular beating and mental torture at the hands of her husband of 5 long years, before ending her marriage.
"Physical harassment and abuse was part and parcel of my three years of married life. My husband always demanded dowry from my parents, but as my parents were unable to give it, he used to beat me. I left my husband. At present I am staying with my parents," said a dowry victim from the city, who did not wish to be named.
Pacheco to move SC for anticipatory bail
June 26, 2010
Goa's former Tourism Minister Fransisco "Mickey" Pacheco and his close aide Lyndon Monteiro, wanted by the Crime Branch in the death of a 28-year-old woman Nadia Torrado, are likely to move Supreme Court with the anticipatory bail plea, sources said.
Goa's sessions court and Panaji bench of Bombay High Court have already rejected anticipatory bail plea of duo.
It was expected?
The possibility of Pacheco and Monteiro surrendering to the Crime branch was expressed since last couple of days after their anticipatory bail plea was rejected by High Court on merits.
Crime branch, which is investigating the case, has accused Pacheco of culpable homicide, while Monteiro is accused of destroying the evidence.
Nadia had allegedly consumed poison on May 15 and she was shifted to private hospitals in Goa, Mumbai and later at Chennai where she breathed her last.
The postmortem report had suggested around 14 injuries on her body, which had created suspicion in this case. Pacheco was interrogated by the Crime Branch on June 5 and thereafter he went missing.
Monteiro too went into hiding after June 6, when he was summoned by police.
Goa's former Tourism Minister Fransisco "Mickey" Pacheco and his close aide Lyndon Monteiro, wanted by the Crime Branch in the death of a 28-year-old woman Nadia Torrado, are likely to move Supreme Court with the anticipatory bail plea, sources said.
Goa's sessions court and Panaji bench of Bombay High Court have already rejected anticipatory bail plea of duo.
It was expected?
The possibility of Pacheco and Monteiro surrendering to the Crime branch was expressed since last couple of days after their anticipatory bail plea was rejected by High Court on merits.
Crime branch, which is investigating the case, has accused Pacheco of culpable homicide, while Monteiro is accused of destroying the evidence.
Nadia had allegedly consumed poison on May 15 and she was shifted to private hospitals in Goa, Mumbai and later at Chennai where she breathed her last.
The postmortem report had suggested around 14 injuries on her body, which had created suspicion in this case. Pacheco was interrogated by the Crime Branch on June 5 and thereafter he went missing.
Monteiro too went into hiding after June 6, when he was summoned by police.
American dream interrupted
June 29, 2010
Delhi Police arrests International gang of human traffickers
Living the American Dream isn't easy, especially if you come from a different part of the world. But if you are prepared to shell out a few lakhs, help is around. For human trafficking is big business in India.
The Delhi police claims to have solved 100 cases of human smuggling with the arrest of three travel agents on Monday. The anti-extortion cell of the crime branch nabbed Manoj Pandey (35), Jitender Mohan (49) and Mohan Kala (46) from Barakhamba Road in central Delhi.
"We had received information that some travel agents from Delhi and Punjab were involved in trafficking of Indian and Nepalese nationals to the US through Latin American countries like Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala by using forged documents. They were charging Rs 25-30 lakh from each person. We conducted a series of raids and arrested Manoj, Jitender and Mohan from the Barakhamba Road area," said a police officer.
"Manoj Pandey was running his travel agency with the name of Sprite Tours and Travels from Inder Prakash Building at Barakhamba Road. Pandey hails from Bihar and is a graduate from Allahabad University. Jitender Mohan was running an office by the name of J M Tours and Travels from Prakash Deep Building on Tolstoy Marg. Mohan Lal is their accomplice; his family is settled in London," the officer added
The accused were well aware of visa norms in Latin American countries. They took advantage of the loopholes with the help of forged documents and had so far sent at least 100 people illegally to the US and Malaysia.
"In Latin American countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador etc. there is a facility of Visa on Arrival.
The culprits would send their clients to these countries first and would then take local help and traffic clients to the US through the Mexico border. They usually targeted Indian and Nepalese nationals. They also sent people to Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia and Singapore by using tampered visas of different people. We have recovered 152 fake and tampered passports, 4 computers and 2.89 lakh rupees in cash from the accused," the officer concluded.
NOT WELCOME
The United States has placed India on its second worst category on human trafficking for the seventh consecutive year in 2010, saying the latter has done significant work on sex trafficking, but not enough to check labour trafficking.
"The government of India does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking," said the US State Department in its 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
The report places 13 countries including Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on its worst 'Tier 3' countries list not doing anything to fight the 'phenomenon of modern slavery' as Senator HillarClinton put it.
Delhi Police arrests International gang of human traffickers
Living the American Dream isn't easy, especially if you come from a different part of the world. But if you are prepared to shell out a few lakhs, help is around. For human trafficking is big business in India.
The Delhi police claims to have solved 100 cases of human smuggling with the arrest of three travel agents on Monday. The anti-extortion cell of the crime branch nabbed Manoj Pandey (35), Jitender Mohan (49) and Mohan Kala (46) from Barakhamba Road in central Delhi.
"We had received information that some travel agents from Delhi and Punjab were involved in trafficking of Indian and Nepalese nationals to the US through Latin American countries like Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala by using forged documents. They were charging Rs 25-30 lakh from each person. We conducted a series of raids and arrested Manoj, Jitender and Mohan from the Barakhamba Road area," said a police officer.
"Manoj Pandey was running his travel agency with the name of Sprite Tours and Travels from Inder Prakash Building at Barakhamba Road. Pandey hails from Bihar and is a graduate from Allahabad University. Jitender Mohan was running an office by the name of J M Tours and Travels from Prakash Deep Building on Tolstoy Marg. Mohan Lal is their accomplice; his family is settled in London," the officer added
The accused were well aware of visa norms in Latin American countries. They took advantage of the loopholes with the help of forged documents and had so far sent at least 100 people illegally to the US and Malaysia.
"In Latin American countries like Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador etc. there is a facility of Visa on Arrival.
The culprits would send their clients to these countries first and would then take local help and traffic clients to the US through the Mexico border. They usually targeted Indian and Nepalese nationals. They also sent people to Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia and Singapore by using tampered visas of different people. We have recovered 152 fake and tampered passports, 4 computers and 2.89 lakh rupees in cash from the accused," the officer concluded.
NOT WELCOME
The United States has placed India on its second worst category on human trafficking for the seventh consecutive year in 2010, saying the latter has done significant work on sex trafficking, but not enough to check labour trafficking.
"The government of India does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking," said the US State Department in its 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
The report places 13 countries including Burma, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on its worst 'Tier 3' countries list not doing anything to fight the 'phenomenon of modern slavery' as Senator HillarClinton put it.
Woman ends up in no man's land
June 8, 2010
Smitten by colleague, techie divorced hubby only to be dumped by lover later
In an instance of love gone wrong, a 32-year-old software engineer left her husband for her boyfriend who later dumped her.
Kirthi, a resident of Sector I in HSR Layout, worked with a renowned IT company in Whitefield. Though she was married, she fell in love Sri Rangarajan, her colleague, who promised to marry her if she divorced her husband.
Smitten by Rangarajan, Kirthi filed a divorce petition in a family court and started living-in with him at his house in Banasawadi.
But after spending a few months with him, Kirthi realised that Rangarajan was just using her and had no intentions of marrying her. Also, she came to know that Rangarajan was planning to get married to another girl.
When she confronted Rangarajan, he allegedly hired some goons who threatened Kirthi to dire consequence if she made an issue out of it.
Disturbed by his behaviour, she had an argument with Rangarajan, after which he allegedly tried to set her on fire.
However, Kirthi managed to escape and later filed a complaint with the police.
Speaking with the Media, Inspector of HSR Layout police station Rajesh said, that he has summoned Ranarajan for enquiry.
"He admitted his mistake and has promised to patch up. I'll try to give him a chance. If he doesn't mend his ways, then I'll surely take legal action against him," Rajesh said.
Love, Sex, Dhoka
Last year, a girl created a sensation in the city by gate crashing a wedding and claiming she was pregnant with the groom's child. She alleged that her neighbour the groom, his neighbour, promised her marriage and tricked her into physical relations before deciding to get married to another woman.
Smitten by colleague, techie divorced hubby only to be dumped by lover later
In an instance of love gone wrong, a 32-year-old software engineer left her husband for her boyfriend who later dumped her.
Kirthi, a resident of Sector I in HSR Layout, worked with a renowned IT company in Whitefield. Though she was married, she fell in love Sri Rangarajan, her colleague, who promised to marry her if she divorced her husband.
Smitten by Rangarajan, Kirthi filed a divorce petition in a family court and started living-in with him at his house in Banasawadi.
But after spending a few months with him, Kirthi realised that Rangarajan was just using her and had no intentions of marrying her. Also, she came to know that Rangarajan was planning to get married to another girl.
When she confronted Rangarajan, he allegedly hired some goons who threatened Kirthi to dire consequence if she made an issue out of it.
Disturbed by his behaviour, she had an argument with Rangarajan, after which he allegedly tried to set her on fire.
However, Kirthi managed to escape and later filed a complaint with the police.
Speaking with the Media, Inspector of HSR Layout police station Rajesh said, that he has summoned Ranarajan for enquiry.
"He admitted his mistake and has promised to patch up. I'll try to give him a chance. If he doesn't mend his ways, then I'll surely take legal action against him," Rajesh said.
Love, Sex, Dhoka
Last year, a girl created a sensation in the city by gate crashing a wedding and claiming she was pregnant with the groom's child. She alleged that her neighbour the groom, his neighbour, promised her marriage and tricked her into physical relations before deciding to get married to another woman.
My husband needs to pay for his crimes
June 18, 2010
The woman who alleged that her spouse forced her to have group sex with friends demands justice for six years of pain and humiliation
When she picked up the matrimonial advertisement placed by Delhi-based businessman Kuldeepak Arora in the summer of 2004, Rajashree did not have the slightest inkling of the horrors that awaited her.
Six years later, having sent Arora to jail for abusing her, forcing her to have group sex with his friends, forcing her to have unnatural sex and after enduring other forms of physical and emotional torture, Rajashree is taking stock of all that she went through and has decided to fight till the very end for justice.
"I want people, who made my life miserable, behind bars. I need justice for the six years of pain and humiliation I went through," said Rajashree, who registered an FIR against her husband in her hometown of Surat, Gujarat. Surat police arrested Arora from Delhi airport on April 5.
"I contacted Kuldeepak on his email ID after seeing the matrimonial ad in newspaper on July 6, 2003. We started chatting and met first in London and then in Dubai. Finally, our families met in Hong Kong to decide the marriage. We had a lavish wedding at Kamrej in Surat and then a reception in Delhi," she told MiD DAY over the phone from Surat.
"Soon after marriage my husband and in-laws started harassing me for dowry. Due to my husband's business in Mumbai and Hong Kong we used to stay in Delhi and Mumbai alternatively. They started beating me up and even tried to drown me," she said.
Rajashree wrote to her sister about her travails but she asked her to keep patience. Meanwhile, frustrated with his dowry demands not being met by Rajashree's family, Arora unleashed hell on Rajashree.
"I was forced to have unnatural sex but he did not stop at that. He forced me to make physical relations with his brothers Kulbhushan and Dharmender as also with his business partner NP Sehgal," Rajashree said.
When it crossed the limits of her endurance, Rajashree returned to her family in Surat and filed a police complaint against Arora after six years of marriage.
The accused Kuldeepak Arora is an exporter besides having business interests in Mumbai and Hong Kong. When the Surat police nabbed him at IGI airport, Arora was leaving for Nepal. He owns a company called Bombay Brothers Audio Visual Company Pvt Ltd. and imported cellphones to India. Arora, who owns a plush bungalow in the south Delhi's East of Kailash, used to stay most of the time at his Goregaon apartment in Mumbai.
"Recently, I got to know that my husband was married before he tied the knot with me. He had not divorced his first wife whom he married in 1997. Their divorce was not settled till 2006 and a case was on in Delhi's Tees Hazari court," she said.
When asked whether the women in Arora household did not sympathise with her for being subjected to such inhuman torture, she said even they helped her husband in 'subjugating' her.
The law finally catches up
Investigation officer Surendra Singh Wala told the Media from Surat over the phone that the FIR in the case was lodged on April 4, following which a look-out notice was issued against Kuldeepak Arora. "The FIR names the accused along with his brother, brother-in-law and his business partner. Apart from allegations of forced group sex, there are charges of torture and threats to life."
The FIR has been lodged under sections 498A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty), 307 (attempt to murder), 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 506(2) (criminal intimidation) and 114 (abetment of any offence) and sections 3 and 7 of the dowry Act.
Arora was produced before a Surat court last week that remanded him to nine days' police custody. The police remand expires on Friday. Arora had also moved a bail application, which will be heard the same day.
No further arrests have been made as the police are still searching for his family members including his two brothers, their wives and a business partner, who have been named in the complaint.
Wala said police have evidence of the orgies that the woman was being forced into, adding she even had a miscarriage due to the ordeal.
The woman who alleged that her spouse forced her to have group sex with friends demands justice for six years of pain and humiliation
When she picked up the matrimonial advertisement placed by Delhi-based businessman Kuldeepak Arora in the summer of 2004, Rajashree did not have the slightest inkling of the horrors that awaited her.
Six years later, having sent Arora to jail for abusing her, forcing her to have group sex with his friends, forcing her to have unnatural sex and after enduring other forms of physical and emotional torture, Rajashree is taking stock of all that she went through and has decided to fight till the very end for justice.
"I want people, who made my life miserable, behind bars. I need justice for the six years of pain and humiliation I went through," said Rajashree, who registered an FIR against her husband in her hometown of Surat, Gujarat. Surat police arrested Arora from Delhi airport on April 5.
"I contacted Kuldeepak on his email ID after seeing the matrimonial ad in newspaper on July 6, 2003. We started chatting and met first in London and then in Dubai. Finally, our families met in Hong Kong to decide the marriage. We had a lavish wedding at Kamrej in Surat and then a reception in Delhi," she told MiD DAY over the phone from Surat.
"Soon after marriage my husband and in-laws started harassing me for dowry. Due to my husband's business in Mumbai and Hong Kong we used to stay in Delhi and Mumbai alternatively. They started beating me up and even tried to drown me," she said.
Rajashree wrote to her sister about her travails but she asked her to keep patience. Meanwhile, frustrated with his dowry demands not being met by Rajashree's family, Arora unleashed hell on Rajashree.
"I was forced to have unnatural sex but he did not stop at that. He forced me to make physical relations with his brothers Kulbhushan and Dharmender as also with his business partner NP Sehgal," Rajashree said.
When it crossed the limits of her endurance, Rajashree returned to her family in Surat and filed a police complaint against Arora after six years of marriage.
The accused Kuldeepak Arora is an exporter besides having business interests in Mumbai and Hong Kong. When the Surat police nabbed him at IGI airport, Arora was leaving for Nepal. He owns a company called Bombay Brothers Audio Visual Company Pvt Ltd. and imported cellphones to India. Arora, who owns a plush bungalow in the south Delhi's East of Kailash, used to stay most of the time at his Goregaon apartment in Mumbai.
"Recently, I got to know that my husband was married before he tied the knot with me. He had not divorced his first wife whom he married in 1997. Their divorce was not settled till 2006 and a case was on in Delhi's Tees Hazari court," she said.
When asked whether the women in Arora household did not sympathise with her for being subjected to such inhuman torture, she said even they helped her husband in 'subjugating' her.
The law finally catches up
Investigation officer Surendra Singh Wala told the Media from Surat over the phone that the FIR in the case was lodged on April 4, following which a look-out notice was issued against Kuldeepak Arora. "The FIR names the accused along with his brother, brother-in-law and his business partner. Apart from allegations of forced group sex, there are charges of torture and threats to life."
The FIR has been lodged under sections 498A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty), 307 (attempt to murder), 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 506(2) (criminal intimidation) and 114 (abetment of any offence) and sections 3 and 7 of the dowry Act.
Arora was produced before a Surat court last week that remanded him to nine days' police custody. The police remand expires on Friday. Arora had also moved a bail application, which will be heard the same day.
No further arrests have been made as the police are still searching for his family members including his two brothers, their wives and a business partner, who have been named in the complaint.
Wala said police have evidence of the orgies that the woman was being forced into, adding she even had a miscarriage due to the ordeal.
Cops asked my son to rape me
June 9, 2010
Police officers, including a woman constable, asked a juvenile accused to strip and have sex with his mother inside a police post in Rajouri garden. The woman has lodged a written complaint with the police commissioner.
You may have heard shocking tales of nails being pulled out, beating up of suspects after making them lie naked on ice sheets, rendering of electric shocks etc as part of the police's third degree torture techniques. But if the story of a west Delhi family is to be believed, then the Delhi police has crossed the line between human decency and barbarism.
M. Jha (45), who lives in Mayapuri with his wife Pooja (30) and two sons Raju (12) and Ramesh (10), learnt on May 21 that his boys had been detained by the police on charges of theft (all names changed to protect identity). The husband and wife rushed to the local police station but failed to find the boys. **
"While returning home from the Mayapuri police station with my wife, I saw a crowd outside our house. While entering I saw a male and a female cop ransacking the place. When we objected and asked about our sons, the cops started hitting us," said Mukesh Jha.
"After beating us black and blue they took us to the Rajouri Garden police post around 7pm. I saw both my sons there; they had been severely beaten. The male and female police officers there started flogging all of us. They wanted to know about theft of certain items from a car," said Jha.
The torture ended at midnight. But only the parents were allowed to go. The children were kept in detention.
"They told me to go back home and come back the next morning at 10. But when we showed up the policemen asked us to go back and return at 4 pm. We went home. But suddenly around 2 pm on May 22, the cops came to our house and took us to the police post," Jha said.
"There they started beating us again. But after a few minutes one of the constables took me and my younger son out of the room and locked it from the inside. I was worried about the fate of my wife and elder son," he added.
Inside the room, something horrible was about to happen. And Pooja found herself right in the middle of it.
"They locked me and my elder son Raju. Then they started questioning us about the stolen goods. When my son and I denied all charges, the constable asked me to strip in front of my son. When I refused the constable started beating me with his lathi and forced me to strip," Pooja said.
"Then the cops asked me to have sex with my son. Both of us started crying and I begged them to let us go. Then one of the constables asked me to have sex with him instead if I couldn't do it with my son. We begged them again and again to let us go. Finally after about one or two hours they released us," she said. Terrified by the whole incident, Mukesh and Pooja went home, silently. But an NGO Society for Social Research Art & Culture got information regarding the episode. And they approached her for justice.
"One of Pooja's neighbours called us and related the whole incident. We found the victims and we encouraged them to file a complaint against the culprit cops. Then on June 8 Pooja wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Police, relating the whole matter. We have already emailed the victims' story to the NHRC," said Shahnawaz Akhtar Khan, an NGO worker.
The Media has a copy of the letter written by the victims. When the accused policemen came to know that the family was planning to take action they allegedly tried to bribe them.
"They gave us Rs 3,500 and told us to go away from the area. But I declined and returned the money. They later offered me Rs 20,000 to back off," Jha claimed.
Police officers, including a woman constable, asked a juvenile accused to strip and have sex with his mother inside a police post in Rajouri garden. The woman has lodged a written complaint with the police commissioner.
You may have heard shocking tales of nails being pulled out, beating up of suspects after making them lie naked on ice sheets, rendering of electric shocks etc as part of the police's third degree torture techniques. But if the story of a west Delhi family is to be believed, then the Delhi police has crossed the line between human decency and barbarism.
M. Jha (45), who lives in Mayapuri with his wife Pooja (30) and two sons Raju (12) and Ramesh (10), learnt on May 21 that his boys had been detained by the police on charges of theft (all names changed to protect identity). The husband and wife rushed to the local police station but failed to find the boys. **
"While returning home from the Mayapuri police station with my wife, I saw a crowd outside our house. While entering I saw a male and a female cop ransacking the place. When we objected and asked about our sons, the cops started hitting us," said Mukesh Jha.
"After beating us black and blue they took us to the Rajouri Garden police post around 7pm. I saw both my sons there; they had been severely beaten. The male and female police officers there started flogging all of us. They wanted to know about theft of certain items from a car," said Jha.
The torture ended at midnight. But only the parents were allowed to go. The children were kept in detention.
"They told me to go back home and come back the next morning at 10. But when we showed up the policemen asked us to go back and return at 4 pm. We went home. But suddenly around 2 pm on May 22, the cops came to our house and took us to the police post," Jha said.
"There they started beating us again. But after a few minutes one of the constables took me and my younger son out of the room and locked it from the inside. I was worried about the fate of my wife and elder son," he added.
Inside the room, something horrible was about to happen. And Pooja found herself right in the middle of it.
"They locked me and my elder son Raju. Then they started questioning us about the stolen goods. When my son and I denied all charges, the constable asked me to strip in front of my son. When I refused the constable started beating me with his lathi and forced me to strip," Pooja said.
"Then the cops asked me to have sex with my son. Both of us started crying and I begged them to let us go. Then one of the constables asked me to have sex with him instead if I couldn't do it with my son. We begged them again and again to let us go. Finally after about one or two hours they released us," she said. Terrified by the whole incident, Mukesh and Pooja went home, silently. But an NGO Society for Social Research Art & Culture got information regarding the episode. And they approached her for justice.
"One of Pooja's neighbours called us and related the whole incident. We found the victims and we encouraged them to file a complaint against the culprit cops. Then on June 8 Pooja wrote a letter to the Commissioner of Police, relating the whole matter. We have already emailed the victims' story to the NHRC," said Shahnawaz Akhtar Khan, an NGO worker.
The Media has a copy of the letter written by the victims. When the accused policemen came to know that the family was planning to take action they allegedly tried to bribe them.
"They gave us Rs 3,500 and told us to go away from the area. But I declined and returned the money. They later offered me Rs 20,000 to back off," Jha claimed.
Mahesh's relationship with Lara started when we were still married
June 14, 2010
Mahesh Bhupathi's patni comes clean about her cheating hubby
Mahesh Bhupathi's wife, model Shvetha Jaishankar has spoken up for the first time. In this month's Savvy magazine, she reveals how her tennis ace hubby cheated on her and that he started going around with Lara Dutta even before their divorce came through.
Excerpts:
Lara was not the first he was distracted by...
I don't know when Mahesh met Lara Dutta but all I can say is that she was the client of our celebrity and sports management company and their relationship did start while we were married. And she was not the first one he was distracted by. There were others and I have evidence, but who wants to get into the muddle now? I don't want to say anything more about Mahesh and Lara except that I wish he was sensitive enough to wait till our divorce came through, before being seen around with her so publicly.
I was nothing more than a new-age trophy wife for him...
He wanted out and I cooperated because I did not want to continue in a one-sided relationship. But this is not how a person who has been a supporting wife should have been treated. Men of this kind are so overtly ambitious that they have a partner who fits in with their ambitious streak. I think I served a purpose in his life at that point of time -- he wanted an educated, good looking partner from a good family but I now realise I was nothing more that a new-age trophy wife for him.
Lara probably fits in with his current plans...
Mahesh seems like he is in a frenzy, collecting trophies on and off the court and Lara probably fits in with his current plans. But again, if he did what he did to me -- a woman he loved -- he is capable of doing this to Lara as well.
Lara and I have been acquaintances...
Lara and I did shows together. So, in that sense, we've been acquaintances. I even recall initiating talks to bring her in as a client of our company. I remember Mahesh telling me that client relationships should be handled by our managers and not by him or me and that it was not professional for the directors of the company to be so close to them! Was it his way of distancing from his intentions? I will never know.
He never wanted to talk about what went wrong with him and Leander paes...
Regarding the whole Leander -Mahesh issue, people say it's such a tragedy for the country that they are not together. People always wanted to know what went wrong between Leander and him and he never wanted to talk about it. As a wife, even though in a sense I should have known everything about it, there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed. I felt this was a sensitive topic for him, so I never really asked him much. But very recently he made a comment saying: "You know I am going to play with Sania and the day Sania and I win a Grand Slam, the world will forget Leander." I wondered where this arrogance came from because it's not about forgetting Leander, but also about remembering you. He is an achiever, no doubt, but so are Leander and Sania. Where was the competitive spirit? That was a poignant instance when I discovered that he had changed.
Mahesh Bhupathi's patni comes clean about her cheating hubby
Mahesh Bhupathi's wife, model Shvetha Jaishankar has spoken up for the first time. In this month's Savvy magazine, she reveals how her tennis ace hubby cheated on her and that he started going around with Lara Dutta even before their divorce came through.
Excerpts:
Lara was not the first he was distracted by...
I don't know when Mahesh met Lara Dutta but all I can say is that she was the client of our celebrity and sports management company and their relationship did start while we were married. And she was not the first one he was distracted by. There were others and I have evidence, but who wants to get into the muddle now? I don't want to say anything more about Mahesh and Lara except that I wish he was sensitive enough to wait till our divorce came through, before being seen around with her so publicly.
I was nothing more than a new-age trophy wife for him...
He wanted out and I cooperated because I did not want to continue in a one-sided relationship. But this is not how a person who has been a supporting wife should have been treated. Men of this kind are so overtly ambitious that they have a partner who fits in with their ambitious streak. I think I served a purpose in his life at that point of time -- he wanted an educated, good looking partner from a good family but I now realise I was nothing more that a new-age trophy wife for him.
Lara probably fits in with his current plans...
Mahesh seems like he is in a frenzy, collecting trophies on and off the court and Lara probably fits in with his current plans. But again, if he did what he did to me -- a woman he loved -- he is capable of doing this to Lara as well.
Lara and I have been acquaintances...
Lara and I did shows together. So, in that sense, we've been acquaintances. I even recall initiating talks to bring her in as a client of our company. I remember Mahesh telling me that client relationships should be handled by our managers and not by him or me and that it was not professional for the directors of the company to be so close to them! Was it his way of distancing from his intentions? I will never know.
He never wanted to talk about what went wrong with him and Leander paes...
Regarding the whole Leander -Mahesh issue, people say it's such a tragedy for the country that they are not together. People always wanted to know what went wrong between Leander and him and he never wanted to talk about it. As a wife, even though in a sense I should have known everything about it, there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed. I felt this was a sensitive topic for him, so I never really asked him much. But very recently he made a comment saying: "You know I am going to play with Sania and the day Sania and I win a Grand Slam, the world will forget Leander." I wondered where this arrogance came from because it's not about forgetting Leander, but also about remembering you. He is an achiever, no doubt, but so are Leander and Sania. Where was the competitive spirit? That was a poignant instance when I discovered that he had changed.
Viveka Babajee suicide case: Traces of poison found in autopsy
June 28, 2010
Lethal mix of calmpose and hydrochloric acid found in Viveka's body during autopsy
There's a new twist to supermodel Viveka Babajee's death.
The police have learnt that poison has been found in her body during the autopsy examination conducted last evening.
"Five of Babajee's former boyfriends are being interrogated in connection with her death," said Senior Inspector Mangesh Pote of Khar police station. "We are probing the poison angle."
"We have found traces of a cocktail of hydrochloric acid and calmpose pills in Babajee's viscera," said sources at Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle. "The chemical mix is such that it can cause poisoning."
A doctor who conducted the procedure said Babajee could have consumed large doses of the lethal mix.
Samples of the viscera have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory at Kalina. The result is expected in six days.
Dr A Dhere of Cooper Hospital, however, refused to comment on the findings.
Who gave calmpose?
The police will interrogate the former model's boyfriends to check if they could provide any clues as to where the deceased had got the chemicals from.
"We also need to check if the calmpose pills were prescribed to her by any doctor," said a police source.
Calmpose is a scheduled drug which can be bought only with a doctor's prescription.
Police sources said they are trying to establish if Babajee and some of her friends consumed a scheduled drug like calmpose.
About Calmpose
Calmpose is used to treat anxiety. The medicine is used to calm a patient. It may be prescribed for patients who have trouble sleeping.
They are also trying to find out if Babajee was administered drugs by a friend, which possibly pushed her to kill herself.
Pushed to end life?
A forensic examination is also being conducted to ascertain if any other person entered Babajee's Khar apartment before her death.
"The forensic report will throw light on whether she committed suicide or whether some person present with her spurred her to do so," said a senior police officer.
"We are also trying to find out if she was able to destroy all glass items in the apartment on her own after consuming such lethal dose of poison."
Police found a photograph of her stock analyst boyfriend Gautam Vora that had been ripped into two in her apartment.
Lethal mix of calmpose and hydrochloric acid found in Viveka's body during autopsy
There's a new twist to supermodel Viveka Babajee's death.
The police have learnt that poison has been found in her body during the autopsy examination conducted last evening.
"Five of Babajee's former boyfriends are being interrogated in connection with her death," said Senior Inspector Mangesh Pote of Khar police station. "We are probing the poison angle."
"We have found traces of a cocktail of hydrochloric acid and calmpose pills in Babajee's viscera," said sources at Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle. "The chemical mix is such that it can cause poisoning."
A doctor who conducted the procedure said Babajee could have consumed large doses of the lethal mix.
Samples of the viscera have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory at Kalina. The result is expected in six days.
Dr A Dhere of Cooper Hospital, however, refused to comment on the findings.
Who gave calmpose?
The police will interrogate the former model's boyfriends to check if they could provide any clues as to where the deceased had got the chemicals from.
"We also need to check if the calmpose pills were prescribed to her by any doctor," said a police source.
Calmpose is a scheduled drug which can be bought only with a doctor's prescription.
Police sources said they are trying to establish if Babajee and some of her friends consumed a scheduled drug like calmpose.
About Calmpose
Calmpose is used to treat anxiety. The medicine is used to calm a patient. It may be prescribed for patients who have trouble sleeping.
They are also trying to find out if Babajee was administered drugs by a friend, which possibly pushed her to kill herself.
Pushed to end life?
A forensic examination is also being conducted to ascertain if any other person entered Babajee's Khar apartment before her death.
"The forensic report will throw light on whether she committed suicide or whether some person present with her spurred her to do so," said a senior police officer.
"We are also trying to find out if she was able to destroy all glass items in the apartment on her own after consuming such lethal dose of poison."
Police found a photograph of her stock analyst boyfriend Gautam Vora that had been ripped into two in her apartment.
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