MP woman assaulted by husband critical

The 36-year-old tribal woman, who was allegedly brutalised with a piece of metal by her husband, is still in a critical state, doctors at the governmentrun Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital at Indore said on Wednesday. They are, however, hopeful she will recover soon.

On Tuesday, a team of doctors had removed a 20-cm long grip of a motorcycle handle from her uterus. The alleged assault occurred eight months ago.

Her husband, a labourer, was arrested on Monday under section 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of Indian Penal Code (IPC), which has a provision of seven-year jail term, said city superintendent of police Akhilesh Singh Reinwal.

Speaking over phone from the intensive care unit of the hospital, she said, “I will never forgive my husband for what he has done, but I am worried over future of my six children who are now being forced to fend for themselves as my husband is in jail.”

According to the FIR registered at the Chandan Nagar police station, around eight months ago, the victim had an argument with her husband over his alleged affair with another woman. The husband, in a fit of rage, inserted the metal part inside her. She had been suffering pain for months before getting treatment in a private hospital. In March, the hospital told her to undergo an operation, but she could not for want of money. On Saturday, when her pain became unbearable she came to the Chandan Nagar police station to lodge a complaint, the FIR said.

Reinwal said the victim fell unconscious at the police station and everyone was horrified when they heard her story.“She was in a lot of pain and so we first got her admitted to MY Hospital and then traced her mother,” he said.