A 15-year-old girl faced bitter situation in life. At an age where she was supposed to attend schools and flip through scholarly notes, she ended up as a pleasure tool in the bed of a barbaric man. When the entire world slips into sleep, her painful chapters would unfold. Pain and suffering apparently became the only things that became close to her in her married life..And unable to take it anymore, the girl ran away from home. She approached a police station for help and astonishingly she was adviced to return home!
The social activists have vented out their anger against Pune police for not registering a domestic violence case when a 15-year-old girl approached police stating that she has been subjected to harassment by her husband and in laws. The police, instead of acting promptly, gave Rs. 20 to the girl and asked to get her wounds treated. According to the social activists, the victim approached police on June 26 after she ran out of home unable to bear the physical torture.
The victim pleaded the police that she be saved. But, the police asked the girl to return to her husband. Unable to go back, the poor victim went to railway station to find someone who could give her a job where she met social worker Nasima Maniyar. Victim asked Maniyar if she could give her a job. It took no time to Maniyar to realize the girl was subjected to third grade treatment by her husband. She took the victim to a doctor for a medical check up and Dr. Yamini (who was also a social activist) confirmed that victim was belted heavily. The victim even developed injuries on her private parts, which indicated that she was beaten up regularly.
The victim was taken to Child Welfare Community (CWC) on Thursday. Today, CWC heard the victim's case and she was asked to undergo medical test. After the test, the victim would be shifted to observation room. The social activists demanded stringent action against the police, who asked the victim to return home.
Thanks to people like Maniyar and Dr. Yamini for saving the life of a girl.
(AW Phani)
