Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Wife thrown out of house for making Modi portrait

THROWN OUT Man turns wife out of house for making portraits of PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath, says she has no right to live with him

- HT Correspond­ent n htvaranasi@hindustant­imes.com

A man allegedly threw his wife out of the house for drawing portraits of PM Narendra Modi and CM minister Yogi Adityanath at a village in Sikandarpu­r area of Ballia. Police said when the women showed paintings to her husband, he allegedly lost his cool and beat her up.

A man allegedly threw his 24-year-old wife out of the house for drawing portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath at a village in Sikandarpu­r area of Ballia district, police said.

Police said Nagma Parveen, a native of Maturi village in Sikandarpu­r police station area, married Parvez Khan of Basakirpur village in the same area in November 2016. Nagma’s father Shamsher Khan alleged that his son-in-law and other in-laws used to harass her for dowry. Still, she tried to get along with them, he said. Police said the women drew paintings of PM Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath recently and showed them to her husband, who allegedly lost his cool and beat her up. The woman informed her father Shamsher Khan. He reached Basakirpur and spoke to his son-in-law and his parents. They alleged that Nagma had gone mad.

“She is drawing pictures of Modi and Yogi. She has no right to live here,” they said. The woman and her father then headed to the police station and narrated their woes to the police. Avinash Kumar Singh, station officer of Sikandarpu­r police station said, “We (police) are going to register a case in this connection following a complaint by the woman. A thorough probe will be carried out and action will be ensured accordingl­y.” He said the woman earlier lodged a complaint against her in-laws on July 20, alleging that they were harassing her for dowry. The matter is in mediation.

We (police) are going to register a case in this connection following a complaint by the woman. A thorough probe will be carried out and action will be ensured accordingl­y AVINASH KUMAR SINGH, station officer of Sikandarpu­r PS

 ??  ?? Ballia resident Nagma Praveen drew these portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Ballia resident Nagma Praveen drew these portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
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