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Alarming rise of domestic violence cases batter Bangalore's soul

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Suhasini (name changed), working in a private firm, describes two years of her marital life as "hell".

After filing a petition seeking divorce from her sex-addict husband, she heaved a sigh of relief as she could go to sleep without having to watching porn videos night after night.

"Though educated, he was insensitive and a sex addict. I tried everything to work the relationship, but all I got from him was verbal and physical abuse," she says.

"All I expected was a peaceful life. All the abuse by my husband in those two years almost brought  me to the brink of suicide," she recalls. She is yet to overcome memories of the abuse she was subjected to.

The abuse that Komala Rao,  who works in an investment bank as a floor manager, suffered was different but no less.

"My husband started feeling inferior to me as he could not progress in his career. Frustrated, he began bashing me up at home. After putting up with it for almost a year, I decided to separate. But, those experiences have scarred me," she says.

Such are the samples of domestic violence the women in India's silicon valley go through.

A recent report of the Karnataka legislature's women and child welfare committee states that the numbers of domestic violence have seen drastic rise in the past three years.

The cases of domestic violence registered under Women Protection Act 2005 mirrors this trend. In 2010-11 total number of cases registered were 592. During 2011-12, the number of cases rose to 2,319 and in 2012-13 the number of cases went up to 3,175.

Dr Roshini Sepat Katoch, SP, KGF, explains that domestic violence act covers all kinds of abuse, and not only a married woman, any woman cohabitating with others in the same place can lodge the complaint under the act. It is a system which ensures justice to an aggrieved woman who do not prefer filing a criminal complaint.

The recent trend of increase in number of cases is due to rise in awareness, she adds.

Most women who do not want to lodge a complaint as its still a taboo in society, can file complaint to stop the abuse immediately. If a victim approaches police, they educate her about her rights and facilitate lodging of complaint under the act. A separate mechanism takes care of the complaint and in case of violation of the guidelines by the aggressor, the police comes into picture, Katoch explained.

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