With no toilet, Bihar woman dumps her husband’s house

This one seems to be a straight lift from the Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Toilet - Ek Prem Katha’.

A woman in Bhagalpur district dumped her hubby’s house precisely because there was no toilet on the premises and no effort was made by the family to construct one despite the government’s support on this front.

The enraged woman told her husband Surendra Mandal, a native of Pirpainti in the district, that she will not return to his residence till he gets a toilet constructed on the campus.

The matter reached woman’s helpline where the Protection Officer Dr Swetnisha Sharma reportedly summoned the couple and separately counselled them. The aggrieved woman told the counsellor that when she got married, she was asked to go to the nearby field for open defecation.

“But, of late, many more houses have been constructed there. And this created problems for women like me. During my pregnancy, I realised that if my child is born as a daughter, she too will face a similar problem in the years to come. So I told my husband that I am leaving for my parent’s place and will return only if the toilet is constructed,” the aggrieved woman told the helpline official.

Sharma again summoned Mandal and apprised him of the matter. This time, Mandal promised to get a toilet constructed within five days and bring his wife back.