A 25-year-old woman has alleged inaction on the part of the Cuttack police and the administration on her complaint of domestic violence against her husband and in-laws.
The woman, Amreen Jafer, wrote about her “plight” to the Prime Minister on December 11, 2016, and the PMO, within a week, forwarded her representation to an undersecretary in the Public Grievances Department of the Odisha government for necessary action.
No action
“Two months have passed already, but no action has been taken by any of the governments to redress the grievances of my daughter,” said S.K. Jafurlla, Amreen’s father, who alleged that his daughter has been served with an “impugned” talaqnama by post.
A confident and independent professional with an MBA degree, Amreen, was married to Gulam Mustafa Khan in January 2013. According to her, her father was forced to pay a dowry of Rs. 4 lakh and 100 grams of gold ornaments at the time of the wedding. A few days after the marriage, when the couple moved to their working place at Hyderabad, Mustafa’s parents demanded Rs.3 lakh more, she alleged.
