UP woman in search of husband gets help from KSHRC

Taking note of the plight of a woman from Uttar Pradesh, forced to live in the terrace portion of her in-law's house without amenities, the  Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) directed the police to trace her husband and register a case against him.

KSHRC acting Chairperson P Mohandas,  suo-motu registered a case and directed the Ernakulam district  police chief to take steps to find the woman's  husband.

The commission also ordered a case to be registered against him for defrauding the woman, Jabin Shayaq, an aeronautical engineering diploma holder, by extracting money and cheating her.

The woman told the commission that she and Anil Kuruvilla fell in love while pursuing the course at a college in Meerut and got married after graduation, with their parent's approval.

They stayed together for four months in Anil's house at Airapuram, Ernakulam district, in Kerala.

Thereafter they went back to Uttar Pradesh, where she delivered a baby boy.

Some time back Anil left for Kerala after taking Rs six lakh from her, the money was from her share of her family property, after assuring that he will  construct a house at his native.

He constructed a house at his family property. Thereafter, she had not heard from him, prompting her to go to the village with her son.

She found her husband and his parents at his home, but they immediately left  locking the door.

Jabin said she was now occupying the terrace portion of the building with her schoolgoing child.

The commission noted that she had been left in the lurch and said the 'inhuman treatment' meted out to her and the child at the instance of her own husband and in-laws was nothing but a violation of Human Rights.

"She has no food, no proper shelter, no water and no electricity. She is living at the mercy of neighbours", it said.

It also directed Ernakulam district officials to urgently intervene in the matter and submit a domestic investigation report before the magistrate concerned after interacting with the woman.