Nearly 13 years after marriage, the wife of an IAS officer has filed a criminal complaint alleging she has been thrown out of their house.
NEW DELHI: Nearly 13 years after tying the nuptial knot, the wife of an IAS officer has filed a criminal complaint in a court here alleging she has been thrown out of their house as her parents were unable to meet her in-laws' recurrent dowry demands.
The complaint of one Shivani Kabra, filed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, alleged that her husband Shaleen Kabra, a Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer at present posted as director in the Prime Minister's
Office (PMO), refused her the entry into their house on the evening of April 10.
Through a complaint filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal, she also sought the custody of their two children alleging that she was not being allowed to visit them.
Granting the temporary custody of two minor sons to her, the court listed the matter for July 2 and asked the IAS officer and his parents to file their reply.
She has also named her father-in-law Ram Parsan, mother-in-law Leelawati and sister-in-law Lata Soni as accused in the case.
Within a month after their marriage in February 1994, her in-laws started torturing her to bring more dowry although they had incurred expenses of Rs40 lakh, most of which was in the form of cash and jewellery given to her in-laws, she alleged.
In 2002, Shaleen was transferred to the PMO and shifted to Delhi. That's when they allegedly started demanding a car.
Shivani opposed this demand saying that cash for the same already been given to them at the time of marriage, the complaint alleged.
Later, they also started forcing her to ask her parents to purchase a house in Delhi in Shaleen's name.
She has sought relief of restraint on her in-laws from inflicting violence on her, letting her live in the shared house and restraint on them from entering her portion of the shared house or secure an alternate accomodation for her and pay rent for the same.
Shivani has also sought a total of Rs50 lakh as return of her dowry, compensation for loss of earning, mental and physical torture.
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