36-yr-old MP woman brutalised with metal piece, husband held

BHOPAL:A woman who was allegedly brutalised with a piece of metal by her husband about two years ago, was operated on at MY Hospital, Indore on Tuesday. Doctors were shocked to find the grip of a motorcycle handle in the 36-year-old tribal woman’s uterus, police said.

As per the woman’s complaint, she had been suffering pain for the past two years. Her husband, who works as a musician with a wedding band, was arrested by the police on Monday.

Chandan Nagar police station in-charge Rahul Sharma said, “The woman, a resident of Dhar district, who is a mother of six children, was married to the accused about 15 years ago in Dhar district. Two years ago, the couple fought over an issue related to the children. The man beat her up and brutalised her. The woman didn’t share her ordeal out of shame and worried over the future of the kids.”

On Sunday, she reached Chandan Nagar police station because she did not have money for an operation. The police registered a case and admitted her to MY government hospital. The head of the hospital’s surgery department, Dr RK Mathur, said the woman’s uterus and small intestine were damaged. Her condition is now reported to be stable. LONDON:THE UK on Tuesday said it would take up with Indian authorities cases of alleged persecution of Christians in India, days after a review commissioned by the foreign office highlighted several such cases in the country.

The issue of alleged persecution was raised during foreign office questions in the House of Commons by David Linden (Scottish National Party), who claimed the cases against Christians were “escalating” in India.

“India is one of many countries where there has been an increased worsening in recent years, and we will obviously take up at consular level all the cases to which he refers,” said foreign office minister Mark Field.

This followed the submission of a report by the bishop of Truro on the foreign office’s support to deal with persecution of Christians across the world to foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt. The report alleges that mob violence has become a “regular occurrence” in several parts of India. India’s home ministry declined to comment on the issue. However, in the past the government has denied persecution of minority groups in the country.