MEERUT: A 35-year-old woman from Bulandshahr has accused her husband of allowing his friends to rape her for the past three years in exchange for money while he watched the video recording of the assault from Saudi Arabia, where he works.
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The woman, who is one month pregnant now, said she married the man from Gulaothi in Bulandshahr in 2010 and that she bore him four children – two boys (aged 13 and three) and two girls (aged 11 and 7). Her husband works as an automobile mechanic in Saudi Arabia and visits home once or twice a year.
In her police complaint, the survivor said that around three years ago, her husband returned home with two friends and allowed them to rape her. “Both the men live in the same locality in Bulandshahr, and they would assault me often even when my husband was abroad, and video recorded their acts. When I confronted my husband, he told me to remain silent as they gave him money.”
My husband would watch the video footage on his moblie phone while sitting in Saudi Arabia. I stayed quiet for the sake of my children, as he use to threatened to divorce me,” the woman said in her police complaint.
Recently, the woman, accompanied by her family, met Bulandshahr Senior superintendent of police Shlok Kumar with a complaint. The SSP, on Wednesday, said a complaint was received and an investigation is on.
“Since the matter is three years old, a thorough investigation will be done by the local police, and appropriate action will be taken in the matter,” Kumar told TOI.
The survivor’s brother, who is also an automobile mechanic, told TOI that they came to know about the ordeal two weeks ago. “She suffered alone without telling anyone. Her husband had recently come home. About two weeks ago, the couple had a quarrel, and she gathered the courage to stand up for herself. Only then we came to know about the assault on her all these years,” her brother said.
“She kept silent for the sake of her children and family’s reputation. At present, she is nearly a month pregnant. We demand justice. Her husband and his associates are trying to flee abroad to evade arrest,”he said.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
