Congress MP Siricilla Rajaiah’s daughter-in-law S. Sarika on Sunday staged demonstration in front of the MP’s residence at Revenue Colony in Hanamkonda.
Alleging that her husband and Mr. Rajaiah’s son S. Anil Kumar had been mentally torturing her by trying to exact dowry, she sought justice.
“I want justice for myself and my three children,” Ms. Sarika said. She complained that Mr. Anil had been neglecting her and their children, as he had been having an affair with another woman.
When last year the issue was brought to the notice of her in-laws – the MP and his wife Madhavi, an Assistant Professor at Kakatiya University – they promised to sort it out but have not since acted promptly, Sarika complained.
When media persons reached the MP’s residence, she was found sitting at the MP’s locked-up residence. She stay put there with her minor sons.
Anil and Sarika had a registered marriage in 2002 after they fell in love during their college days. Later, they went to London to further their career and in 2006, a traditional marriage ceremony was organised with the consent of both families.
Marital discord had forced Sarika to approach the Nampally court, which in turn directed her to file a police complaint at the Begumpet women’s police station in Hyderabad. Police have booked cases against Anil and his parents under IPC sections 498 (A), 494 and 506.
Sarika had reportedly attempted suicide in May last year, and was treated at a private hospital in Hanamkonda. The MP was not available for comment.
