On Tuesday, a 32-year-old woman, who was chained, tortured and held captive by her husband in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri, was rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), officials said.
The DCW said that the woman had been married for the last 11 years and was chained and held captive by her husband in her own house for over six months.
As per the DCW, the woman was kept in a room which had no fan and an unpleasant smell was coming out of it as she was made to lie in her excreta. The commission added that she was tortured and beaten so brutally that it had affected her mental health.
DCW members Firdos Khan and Kiran Negi reached the location along with DCW chief Swati Maliwal, after getting information about the woman from the Commission’s Mahila Panchayat team. The team found the woman lying on the floor of her residence with her feet tied with iron chains.
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“She was in a miserable condition with torn clothes,” the DCW said. The DCW team is now taking care of her treatment.
After talking to the woman, the team learnt that she has three children. It was found that the 32-year-old’s husband owns a flour mill. The DCW also said that her children confirmed that their father used to beat them and their mother quite often.
DCW Chief Swati Maliwal said, “The torture inflicted on her has left deep scars. She is even suffering from mental health issues now. We have rescued her and have started working on her rehabilitation. We will ensure strongest action against the perpetrators of the crime.”
Swati Maliwal also released a video on the incident.
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दिल्ली महिला आयोग ने एक 32 महिला को दिल्ली के त्रिलोकपुरी इलाके से रेस्क्यू करवाया। महिला को पति ने पिछले कई महीनों से उसी के घर में जंजीरों से बांध रखा था। महिला को मारा पीटा और टॉर्चर किया जाता था। DCW अध्यक्ष स्वाति मालीवाल की मामले में प्रतिक्रिया। pic.twitter.com/YFuEkEckqL— Delhi Commission for Women – DCW (@DCWDelhi) August 25, 2020
The police have said they are in the process of filing an FIR in connection with the case.
