Rajasthan news: Husband accused of intoxicating wife, getting her raped by family members for 20 years
NDTV Rajasthan. She also claimed that her husband threatened to slit her throat with a sharp weapon when she protested. A first information report (FIR) has been lodged in the case, and eight people, including the woman’s father-in-law and brother-in-law, have been named in it for alleged rape.
The police have acted on the woman’s complaint and have assured that strict action will be taken against the accused. The married woman is from a village in the Sandwa police station area of Churu district. She alleged that her husband has been continuously feeding her intoxicants for the last 15-20 years and forcing her to have physical relations with other people, according to the police.
She further alleged that whenever she refused, her husband used to beat her brutally. In the FIR, the woman also stated that the accused had threatened to kill her brother as her three children are living with him. According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) annual report, crimes against women surged in India in 2022, with a total of 445,256 cases registered in the year alone, equivalent to nearly 51 FIRs every hour.
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