Kerala Women’s Commission member E.M. Radha has said that the number of property disputes among family members and financial cheating of women is on the rise.
Briefing reporters on the commission’s sitting here on Tuesday, Ms. Radha said that one of the complaints heard by the commission involved disputes among siblings about taking care of a 95-year-old woman. The centre of dispute was the property owned by the woman, she said calling for concerted efforts to create awareness campaigns to ensure protection of aged parents.
In another case, an aged couple complained that their daughter was harassing them.
The commission member said though a complaint was received from a student of the University of Kannur against a teacher at the Information Technology Department, the complainant did not turn up at the hearing. The complaint accused the teacher of harassment and she reportedly left the course because of it. The cases that came before the commission included complaints of women financially cheated by others, she added.
Old age homes
Commission advisory board member P. Vimala Kumari said that old age homes in the district were all occupied and most of the occupants came from financially well-off families.
The commission took up 85 complaints at the hearing. Of these, 27 were disposed of and 14 handed over to the police for follow-up action. The remaining complaints would be taken up at the hearing next month, Ms. Radha said.
Advisory board members K.M. Prameela and Padmaja Padmanabhan and commission sub-inspector L. Rama were present.
