Husband arrested for forcing wife to abort five times

Hyderabad: Police registered various serious cases against a man under SC/ST PDA Acts and started investigation.

According to the report of Rachakonda Police, a youth by name Rafique married Krishna Veni alias Shabana six years back at Warangal. Three years after the marriage, the couple started living at Malkajgiri.

In her complaint, the woman said that on the occasion of her marriage, she got herself converted to Islam. On the insistence of her husbands’ parents.

She also said that during six years of married life, her husband forced her five times to terminate her pregnancy.

Now also, he is threatening her to abort for the sixth time.

He has also started pressing her for getting dowry.

She told the police officials that earlier, police had called both husband and wife and sent away after counseling but his attitude did not show any signs of change.

The girl belongs to a tribal family. Police registered a case against her husband and her in-laws and started investigations.