Maneka Gandhi asked the National Commission for Women (NCW) to probe the matter.
AB Wire
In a brutal incident, a 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her husband and his two brothers who tattooed her body with abuses after their demand for dowry was not met.
This incident was happened in Alwar district of Rajasthan and the woman’s parents lodged a complaint to police on Sunday.
The police said the victim was married to Jagannath in Reni village. She alleged that since her marriage in January last year, her husband and in-laws used to beat her up and demand dowry of 51,000, they said.
In their complaint lodged with the police on Sunday, the woman’s parents alleged that the in-laws took the victim from their village to an unidentified place after giving her a drink laced with sedatives over a month ago and got abuses tattooed on different parts of her body.
“Her husband and brother-in-laws allegedly raped her and tattooed profanities on her forehead which her parents later made an attempt to get removed,” a police official said.
The in-laws allegedly branded, “Mera Baap Chor” (My father is a thief), on the forehead of the woman.
Expressing shock over the incident, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi asked the National Commission for Women (NCW) to probe the matter.
“I am deeply shocked and pained over the incident. Have asked NCW to look into this matter immediately,” the Minister tweeted.
NCW chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam separately said that the body will conduct and inquiry.
The police have registered an FIR under the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence and sections 489-A (punishment for subjecting a woman to cruelty), 376( punishment for rape) and 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust).
Police said the woman’s allegation of gang-rape was specially being looked into and the probe into this aspect of the crime would proceed after her medical examination. No arrest has been made so far.