Image for representational purposes. Inset: Actress Nora Fatehi
Lucknow: A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad town, lodged a complaint with the police alleging that she was forced to exercise for hours, kept without food for days as her husband wanted her to have a figure like Nora Fatehi, a Canadian dancer and actress based in India.
The woman, in her complaint, said that she was pressured to exercise for two-three hours every day. ‘’I was not given food for many days if, at times, I could not do exercise owing to health reasons,’’ she said.
She said that her husband was a teacher in physical education and was a fitness freak. ‘’My husband used to often tell me that my figure was not good and that he wanted a wife with a figure of Nora Fatehi,’’ the woman said in her complaint lodged with the Mahila Thana (women’s police station).
According to the reports, the woman got married in March this year.
She also said that she faced torture at the hands of her in -laws and even aborted owing to physical and mental torture.
The woman said that she was not allowed entry into her house after she returned from her parental house in July. She demanded stern action against her husband and in-laws.
Police said that a case under different sections of the BNS was lodged and the matter was being investigated.