GURGAON: A teacher from an upscale school in the city has lodged a complaint with the DLF-I police accusing her husband of pushing her into prostitution.
The accused was arrested on Tuesday. The 35-year-old physical education teacher told police that her husband had been exploiting her for the last four years.
The couple has been married for 15 years and has two children. The victim said for the last four years, her husband was out of work. The victim said the accused would get people to their home and then force his wife to get physical with them.
"He doesn't do anything. I am the one who runs the family. He would invite people home and then would use me as exhibit and force me to get intimate with them. He clicked my nude pictures on the sly and would show them to lure people. He also posted some of these pictures on the internet. I kept quiet for the sake of the children, but I cannot take it anymore," the victim told police in her complaint.
After receiving the complaint, the DLF-I police registered a case against the victim's 43-year-old husband under Sections 498A, 232, 506 of the IPC, sections of the Immoral Traffic Act and Sections 66A, 66E of the Information Technology Act.
"An FIR has been lodged. We have arrested the accused and sent in police custody remand for one day. The investigation is on," said Rao Dalbir Singh, ACP (DLF).
The victim said for the last four years, her husband was out of work. The accused would get people to their home and then force his wife to get physical with them.
What is 498a?
Indian Penal Code 498a allows a woman and her family to make a written false complaint of dowry harassment to the police which results in the husband, his parents and relatives being immediately arrested without sufficient investigation and put behind bars without bail. Even if the 498a threat is false, you are presumed guilty until proven innocent.
498a can only be invoked by the wife or her relative. Most 498a cases are mere blackmail attempts by the wife or her close relatives. In most cases, a demand for a large sum of money is offered to the husband in exchange for settlement of the case out of court. There have been countless instances where, without any investigation, the police have arrested elderly parents, unmarried sisters, pregnant sister-in-laws and even 3 year old children. A typical case takes approximately 5-7 years and the conviction rate is only 2%.
There are fundamental problems with 498a in that it is 100% gender biased and singles out men as perpetrators of domestic violence and assumes that only women are victims.
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