Woman accuses father of shackling her in chains

  • | Friday | 13th July, 2018

The young woman approached police on Thursday night and alleged that her father had locked her up in a room after shackling her legs and hands with a chain. Bareilly: A young woman who dared to refuse to marry a man of her father’s choice allegedly ended up shackled in chains and confined in a room at her house. She managed to escape and went straight to the local police station, seeking protection.The incident happened at a village in Meerganj tehsil, 30 km from here. She remained in this condition for three days till she got an opportunity to escape from her house and head for the nearest police station. When her family got wind of it, they barred her from going outside.

Bareilly: A young woman who dared to refuse to marry a man of her father’s choice allegedly ended up shackled in chains and confined in a room at her house. She managed to escape and went straight to the local police station, seeking protection.The incident happened at a village in Meerganj tehsil, 30 km from here. The young woman approached police on Thursday night and alleged that her father had locked her up in a room after shackling her legs and hands with a chain. She remained in this condition for three days till she got an opportunity to escape from her house and head for the nearest police station. A chain was still secured around her leg.On the basis of her complaint, police have booked her father under IPC sections 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation).According to SHO, Meerganj, Ajay Kumar, the young woman’s age is yet to be ascertained but she claimed to be over 18 years old. She said she was in a relationship with a neighbourhood youth. When her family got wind of it, they barred her from going outside. She said she wanted to be free to choose her husband but her father was allegedly trying to force her to marry a man she did not like.Her boyfriend also reached the police station and expressed fears that their lives were in danger.As the woman could not record her statement before a magistrate on Friday, she has been sent to the mahila thana for the night, police said.

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