Debt-ridden Indore man puts up his wife for ‘sale’ on Facebook

INDORE: A debt-ridden husband in Indore allegedly put his wife for ‘sale’ on Facebook for ` 1 lakh and said the buyer could do ‘anything’ with her, prompting the police to register a case against him.

The accused, Dilip Mali, said he was innocent and that someone hacked into his account to put up the post.

He had not l o gged onto Facebook for t he past six months, he added.

But an FIR against him said Mali posted his wife’s biodata and picture along with his mobile number. The post has since been deleted.

The matter came to the fore on Sunday evening when his wife’s brother saw the post and informed her.

She filed a complaint with the police, who registered it under Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of woman) of the IPC.

The couple married in 2012 and has a three-year-old daughter, she informed the Aerodrome police station.

In her complaint, the wife wrote that the family moved to Indore’s Shubham Nagar three months ago from Khargone district. However, they had to shift to Kaveri Sangam Nagar following repeated visits by money lenders, from whom Mali had taken loans after moving to Indore.

She said Mali — who hails from Sanawad town in Khargone district — needed money desperately to repay the loans and hence took this route.

She added that her husband intentionally tried to malign her and her family members, and that she would now “teach him a lesson”.