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Ukrainian woman lodges cruelty case against Indian husband
On the complaint of a Ukrainian woman on Monday, the Noida Police registered a case of cruelty against her Indian husband and his parents. The accused were absconding till late evening.
On the complaint of a Ukrainian woman on Monday, the Noida Police registered a case of cruelty against her Indian husband and his parents. The accused were absconding till late evening.
The woman, Olena, contacted the police after she couldn’t reach her husband on the cellphone despite repeated calls. She said she was thrown out of her husband’s house in Udyog Vihar Sector-82 six months ago. She has also approached the National Commission for Women for help.
Station House officer at Noida Phase II police station Deepak Sharma said Olena stated in her complaint that her husband physically abused her and her parents-in-law didn’t help her.
“An FIR, under IPC section 498A (Punishment for subjecting a married woman to cruelty) has been registered against her husband, father- and mother-in-law. A police team has been sent to Faridabad to arrest her husband, as we got information that he was staying there,” he said.
The SHO said that Olena and her husband Pawan Kumar met at a medical college in Ukraine in 2000. In 2003, the two married in Ukraine and later returned to India to live with Pawan’s parents in Gautam Nagar here.
According to Olena, her husband and his parents have been ill-treating her since she came to their house. “Despite having a degree, my in-laws wouldn’t let me practise medicine,” said Olena.
“I can’t even return to Ukraine as my visa and passport are with him. Even our marriage certificate is with him. I don’t have any document on me,” Olena said. “I am desperate to go to my country. I will never return to India.”
Sharma said that Olena has two sons, Aman and Roman. “For two years, things were running smooth. But later, Pawan changed: he used to come home drunk and beat her up. She said she came to know he had illicit relations with another woman. Olena said she even talked to this other woman on his phone and has seen her texts to him.”
